Well it turns out that the helicopter was louder than my gasping after having “run” up the Horse on Friday. It is only a brief video, made in the midst of a squall of rain, but it gives a helicopter view of the naked White Horse in all its glory.
Yesterday morning, a chance phone call from one of my wife’s oldest friends revealed one of those “small world” coincidences. She lives in South Wales and just happened to have had a phone call from her son the night before. He had been working down in Osmington he said. It turns out that he was the Dave that invited me for the helicopter ride! Our excuse for not recognizing each other is that we had only met once at his sister’s wedding – and I had no idea where he worked…….
Anyway, here is the little video: