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!
Today’s been a bit of a weird one. Things seem to have taken me longer to do than usual. Things haven’t quite worked out how I planned them. A few things have unsettled me. Not the best start to the week or a new month.
September means lots of things for me. Burghley Horse Trials for one! I’m very much looking forward to my outing there on Saturday. Burghley has been a feature in my diary for so many years now.
I love watching the leaves change colour. I love the freshness of the air in the mornings and evenings. I’m sure there will be many occasions when I’m questioning this love as I’m freezing my backside off somewhere with Bert or Buddy. But you get my drift.
It also heralds the return of the geese to the bird reserve. Buddy will be thrilled at the low-flying, honking monsters return. That’ll be spook-fodder for a few rides.
Bert, on the other hand, thought it was great when he met them today. He quickly cleared the field. Fear not, there was little chance of him catching one or upsetting them too much. I’m not sure he has a stealth-mode?! They flew off when he started barking…
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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