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!
Check out my home for the next few days. Lush huh?! I’m in Bath. First time I’ve ever been here and I get luxury for sure.
I’m here for a 3-day residential training course. It’s the first part of a 6 month programme I’m doing on Applied Psychology for Equestrian Coaches.
I did the Foundation level last year and loved it. This is the Advanced level. Bring on the learning! Though my brain is a bit mushed from the two podcasts I listened to on the way down. Both about our belief systems and how they might not actually be our beliefs after all. I won’t bore you with the details, but it was fascinating stuff. And made the journey go faster.
I arrived in good time, so headed down to have a wander round Bath. Gosh it’s stunning. Before heading back to the hotel. There are two things I enjoy about staying in a hotel. Room service is one (hake and chips in case you’re wondering). A bath is the other. As I don’t have one at home, I try to have one in a hotel.
Unfortunately my room only has a shower. So it’s no bath in Bath. I’ll see if I get time to pop to the Roman ones while I’m here…
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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