As I mentioned last post, the story is planned as a Pros AU.
Currently, I'm doing research. I did early medieval reenactment before starting the 17th century gig (the first group I joined was called "1066") so I already have some background. There's a stack of books in my library that have had the dust shaken off them and are now in various piles around the place. I've found a fair amount of material on-line as well, although it's needed very careful filtering to get the useful stuff.
Research doesn't solve every problem, however. The riding scene is only one of several where it's difficult to decide not only what works best for the story but what is the more authentic choice. Sometimes there is no right answer - I can see that possibly I might end up using a slightly unlikely scenario because it gets me where I want to go, although at the risk of having other people who are knowledgeable about the period (waves at
Yep, it's gonna be fun *g*
There was one benefit at least from declaring myself sick & taking to my bed -