This video sums up this whole story
One of the greatest pleasures of being an EN writer is the complete editorial freedom that EN John gives the team. I am not given any assignments to write about particular things, this is great, gives me freedom to express my thoughts and ideas.
BUT, (I know I shouldn’t start a sentence with but) there is a downside to this freedom. I need to come up with the ideas. Most weeks one or two issues will pop up and give me the basis of a story. This week, nine days and counting I am coming up a complete blank.
I did think about choosing another juicy rule and starting a debate on it, for instance the whole black flag at the last obstacle of a combination. This is a really simple rule with a whole bunch of pictures to explain it, which in my opinion only serve to leave you mentally exhausted after reading and deciphering the nuances in each.
One of the eight different diagrams used to help confuse you in understanding the Black Flag rule
However, I know EN John doesn’t have the stomach for another rule debate. When this happens there is lots of debate, which is fantastic, but it sometimes descends to a level best avoided.
I could talk about my upcoming Burghley trip, but I have already done that and it is still over nine weeks away, a lifetime in the eventing world, so that is out of the question.
I could interview some horse people, I do have some very interesting people in the pipeline to interview over the coming weeks and months. Unfortunately, none of them live close by and I prefer to do my ‘conversations’ face to face if possible.
So ‘Team EN’, it is up to you as the reading audience, what do you want to see from this Aussie writer down-under? Is there a particular rider or event you would like me to cover? A particular Australian item that fascinates you? I have kangaroos, wallabies and laughing kookaburras in my backyard.
What about Vegemite and Tim Tams, those chocolate biscuits are an essential for any long road trip. How about twitter, I am pretty sure I could give a three hour presentation without stopping for air on the features of twitter, what a #hashtag is? Why it is really nice to get an #FF and why you don’t click on links sent to you by random people out of the blue.
I am pretty sure air-dropping Tim Tams into war zones would solve conflicts
You are the readers, let rip with your ideas, suggestions and comments, by submitting a comment below. Be sure to include your email address in the comments so I can write back to get more detail or damn you for giving me a hard time (only kidding on that). I really love getting feedback, even if it isn’t always good.
So Team please tell me your ideas and we will see what journey it takes us on. 10 EN Karma points to the first person to correctly decipher the name of this story.
Yours in Eventing,
ESJ
