I started sailing last summer and now my holiday plans centre around boats of all types but mainly large yachts.Coming fresh to this sphere of endeavour, I notice that yachties live in a closed world of boats,sails,weather and usually, bars with safe anchorages.
Yachties only go on land to shop and take on water - they live afloat
At one time I was so,so keen on riding horses - riding far and wide but as the costs of
horsepower became uneconomic I began riding in Spain and Malta. This is another world of bits, bridles, breeds and saddles.So when I had the temerity, to compare the lively motion of a yacht under sail to that of the springy action of a pure bred, Arab stallion I was met with pitying looks of sheer blank incomprehension.
Bee-keeping is my passion. Bees sting and so hives are always concealed out of sight of General Public and his cohorts. So most people do not appreciate that bee-keeping societies even exist
Talking to people about Bees, Horses and Sail boats triggers in me the rolling eyes that, certain of my female relatives, inflict on me when they explain the exciting scenes of their favourite soap opera.Someone asked me if I had seen "Coronation Street" I said"once - the first episode!"
However, when the various sciences touch where Biology meets Nuclear Engineering,for example - new ideas begin to form.
So perhaps when the Ancients said Seahorses ride the waves maybe they had a valid point.
