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 back home after a fantastic camp. I have to say I think this was our best one to date! And that’s saying something with the number we’ve done.
Buddy was an absolute star from start to finish. We arrived in torrential rain, we finished in torrential rain, but it didn’t dampen our spirits at all.
After two jumping lessons with Caroline, today we had a jumping lesson with Jo. She broke out the spider! Oh my days, so much fun. It can be jumped in 16 different ways. We did a few. And then stringing it together with a few other jumps. Buddy didn’t bat an eye at it. He flew round everything. In fact, he’s jumped absolutely everything this week.
Our final lesson was flat. I’d asked Jo if she could help me get the feel of Medium Trot. So she set up a pole exercise. I could feel the difference for sure!
We had three cracking flat lessons with Jo. Buddy felt like he embraced his inner dressage horse. I can feel a winter of dressage coming on. For a long time, I didn’t feel we were good enough. Now I really feel we are.
Camps are my happy place. They fill my heart and my soul. They also test my brain. Let’s just say we will all sleep well tonight. Buddy is tucked up in his stable. Bert is snoring already. I won’t be far behind…
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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