tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post5198755532907070313..comments2024-01-06T14:47:27.687+00:00Comments on Susan Price's 'Nennius' Blog: The Sterkarm RelativitySusan Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-91268350632941459792012-03-23T09:08:20.124+00:002012-03-23T09:08:20.124+00:00Much sympathy to your Mum, Sarah! I wouldn't h...Much sympathy to your Mum, Sarah! I wouldn't have understood until recently just how horrible it is.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-77716990098984188982012-03-22T18:44:57.145+00:002012-03-22T18:44:57.145+00:00Fascinating-your research and the comments too. Un...Fascinating-your research and the comments too. Unfortunately I have only ever ridden slightly portly riding school ponies so can be of no help. I hope you get your timelines sorted soon and your vertigo is better too. My Mum gets that and reports that it is horrible!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941415622199071141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-71666949671976999422012-03-18T11:43:08.747+00:002012-03-18T11:43:08.747+00:00Thank you for all your comments - they're very...Thank you for all your comments - they're very useful, and I've saved them into my research file. Karen's tips about painful feet and walking especially fired up my imagination - oh, and Kath's comment about moving her horse's feet!<br />And Tamar - I poured a teaspoon full of cold water into my painful ear! I must have startled the little devil causing the pain, because there was about 5 whole minutes where the pain stopped!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-28021228642470076892012-03-17T15:48:55.922+00:002012-03-17T15:48:55.922+00:00But remember, you're not using 19th century ho...But remember, you're not using 19th century horses either. And horses do need to rest.<br /><br />I am currently sad about a favorite book because the timelines don't quite work. One person loses a lot of weight over what should be a long time, at least a week or ten days, and other events bracket it into just under a week. Preventing that kind of thing will keep you out of those books that list Mistakes Authors Made. It may even help the story, to tighten it.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-83973698086835160722012-03-17T15:06:07.056+00:002012-03-17T15:06:07.056+00:00Yeah - and when I said 'footpath' in my fi...Yeah - and when I said 'footpath' in my first comment, I meant a track, really - with plenty of ups and downs and boulders (not to mention a mineshaft halfway up the first hill). I did it in winter once when the track was in places covered with meltwater ice over limestone outcrops, and the pony (whose name was Dapple) stopped and wouldn't go on till I dismounted and actually moved his front feet for him to show him where to go. But we knew each other very well...Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-44396528169597501612012-03-17T12:03:02.898+00:002012-03-17T12:03:02.898+00:00Endurance riding was developed in the 1900's b...Endurance riding was developed in the 1900's by the military as a cavalry test and the horses were expected to cover 300 miles over a period of 5 days (thats 60 miles a day) carrying at least 200lbs weight. <br />Nowadays it is a sport and endurance rides are over natural terrain some of which is really demanding. The Golden Horseshoe and Summer Solstice rides are two of the big very-long distance rides over here covering 100 miles over two days - in the US I think it's the Tevis Cup. There's a lot in Aus too. <br />In the US one of the governing bodies allows 12 hours to complete a 50 mile ride, and 24 hours for a 100 mile ride . <br />I'd suggest contacting Endurance GB as they were very helpful (or at least Endurance GB South East were) when I was doing a bit of research on Endurance Riding for my last book. They could probably fill you in one all the miseries to be encountered on a long ride too (such as the need to get off and walk periodically and painful feet from the stirrups!). Promise them a nice mention in your acknowledgments, and they'll probably be quite happy to tell you all you want to know.madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-27452248329855335052012-03-17T10:06:53.254+00:002012-03-17T10:06:53.254+00:00I've just been consulting a book called 'T...I've just been consulting a book called 'Travel In The Ancient World' by Lionel Casson -(which is absolutley fascinating by the way). He doesn't get down as far as the 16th century, his book ranges from ancient Egypt down to about 400AD, and obviously some of it's over roads (Roman, Persian etc) but twnty miles a day seems a good average for travellers on horses or in carriages, and one Theophanes travelling from Pelasium to Antioch in about AD320, did the last leg of his journey, 64 miles from Laodicea to Antioch, in a single day. No doubt on a good road, but it indicates what the horses could manage when pushed. <br />I'd be interested to know what Kath or Madwippet think though. And have you thought of phoning a Border pony-trekking centre and asking them?Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-5881475463320083352012-03-17T09:36:30.696+00:002012-03-17T09:36:30.696+00:00I'm looking forward to your year 2178! You'...I'm looking forward to your year 2178! You've brought the past to life so wonderfully well, I'm keen to see what you do with the future!<br />And thanks for the inside gen on horses! That's very useful! - and may solve some of my problems. If the horse-riders can move so quick compared to those on foot, they could get a lot done in a day!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-24976870853043275252012-03-17T09:17:45.144+00:002012-03-17T09:17:45.144+00:00Oh we do bother, Sue - tell Davy! God knows I'...Oh we do bother, Sue - tell Davy! God knows I'm on the other end of it at the moment, time-wise - trying to get my characters down the Thames in the eyar 2178, after 9 metres of sealevel rise, with all teh bridges down and ruins and shoals everywhere... <br /><br />But regarding the horses, I used to take my pony across the North Yorkshire fells from Malham to Settle, to be shod at the blacksmith's, a return journey of 12 miles, in a single afternoon. Now that was on a footpath, so not the same as going through deep heather or anything, but most of it would be at a walk or a trot. Considering that one can walk on foot 15 to 25 miles in a day (25 is the longest I've ever done, and I was pretty footsore) I don't think 40 miles in a day for ponies would be unlikely, but at night that would be a different matter. I've got a book somewhere about ancient transport, I'll see what I can find!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.com