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!
We’re all back from Big Camp. We all had so much fun together. Buddy and I are old hands at these camps now. I’ve been going to them since 2016, Buddy since 2017. Now we can add Bert to the list. He aced Big Camp.
He was quite the hit too with the other campers. He got lots of fuss and cuddles.
Not to be out done, Buddy got lots of fuss too. There are a few more people in the Buddy and Bert fan clubs.
This morning we finished off our lessons with poles. The instructor set up a Y-shape in poles so we could trot or canter through them. It was very versatile. And definitely one I can recreate easily at home. I love it when I get homework.
This afternoon, we finished off with a little competition. We came 6th in the dressage with a score 67.40% (Prelim 1). Not bad seeing as the last time we did a dressage test was February 2023! Even got an 8. Admittedly it was for a bit of walk, but I’m taking the positives.
We then did a round of show jumping and came 5th. Because it’s an open competition, there were people doing everything from poles up to 80cm (I’ll let you guess which one we did). It’s so wonderful watching people achieve things they didn’t think they could.
All in all, it’s been blooming brilliant. I’m pretty sure we will all sleep well tonight…
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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