Welcome to blog! I started it in 2020 to chart my recovery from breaking my ankle (hence the name). I guess no-one saw a global pandemic coming. It's turned into a place where I can talk about the things happening in my life, my horse and my cats. Enjoy!
Buddy and I were meant to be show jumping today. Sadly I had to withdraw. Now I’ve had to withdrawn from competitions before as I’ve been lame or Buddy has been lame. Think this is the first time it’s because I have a lame lorry. Or two to be specific. Only me huh?!
My new lorry needs a part from Germany of all places. And the Buddymobile failed his MOT so needs some work doing to rectify that.
It looks like I will be taking the Buddymobile to his final camp this week. Well providing he’s fixed and MOTd. Adventures in my new lorry will have to wait a bit longer.
This made me laugh on arriving at Easton College. My first reaction was genuinely ‘crap how did a horse get in here?!’ It’s been a long week people….
It was lovely seeing so many friendly faces though. Always fun to catch up with my Carleton family.
So 2020 was going to be my year. The year I got my life sorted after being served redundancy notice from my job in November 2019. The year I ticked off more things from my horsey bucket list. The year I got my mental health back under control and reduced stress in my life.
I had a plan. And it was a good one. Then the plan changed dramatically on 2 January. I came off my horse at speed and broke my ankle. Badly. Like all good equestrians, I got back on and rode back to the yard, sorted Buddy out and then drove myself to A&E. That’s where this journey really began...
I was sent home from A&E and told to crack on, only to receive a phone call later to say they’d missed a fracture (and a rather serious one at that). Whoops! So fracture clinic on 3 January, surgery on 5 January and home to recover.
I started this blog as a way to chart my recover back to the saddle. As I cleared clinics and competitions out of my diary and wondered what the next few months would bring, it's been a safe space for me to say how I'm feeling.
The new plan was to get a new job, to keep Buddy is kept ticking over and recover from my injury. Another good plan! I didn't expect a global pandemic, lockdown and all that happened in 2020.
This blog has changed over time but it's continued to be my safe space to share the things going on in my life, with Buddy and the cats. Enjoy!
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