WINSTON Churchill said: “There’s nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.” The Bulldog had obviously never been to Garrettsown in sideways rain.

He was no liberal so maybe Winston felt punishment was good for the soul, like the way a bit of penance will sort out our ‘aul sins. Such thoughts are inevitable when a man’s inside is becoming just wet as his outside over the course of a rainy morning on horseback. Life choices were being questioned.