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!
Well that’s the first day of camp done. It’s been a fab one. One of the campers makes rosettes. So she gave us all a lovely momento.
We started the day with a flat work lesson. The instructor complimented me on my lower leg position in the first 5 mins! Something I’ve been working very hard on.
Then she used us as models several times in the lesson. Another massive compliment. Lots of demonstrating standing walk and trot. Something in or find easy, but my god it was hard to crack.
This afternoon it was jumping. My little boy was having the best time popping round the course.
Finished the day with a photoshoot for Bert. I had a photoshoot with Buddy a few years back. So this time I thought I would mark Bert’s 3rd camp with one too. He’s 9 months today and growing up so fast. It’ll be lovely to look back on the photos.
It seems I have a very photogenic puppy to go with my very photogenic horse. Now I need to decide which photos to get. There are a lot to choose from. Of them both!
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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