I
was watching an episode of Midsomer Murders, and the case centered
around horse racing. For those of you
unfamiliar with the show, it is on the BBC and follows the career of DCI John
Barnaby as he investigates murders in the little villages of Midsomer in rural
England. Each episode is a different
case in a different village, and it usually ends up with Barnaby pitting his
wits against the killer’s.
Now,
I’m sure that most of us are aware that drivers in England drive on the opposite
side of the car and the opposite side of the road from those of us in the
United States. But did you know that
they also ride horses from the opposite side as well? Well, the opposite side of the track, not the
opposite side of the horse…that would be ludicrous. And not really the opposite side of the
track, but in the opposite direction. In
other words, they go clockwise; whereas, we go counter-clockwise.
I caught a glimpse of this for just a brief
moment in this particular episode, and it blew my mind! I had never thought about this before. I mean…why?!
