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!
Buddy, Bert and I headed over to World Horse Welfare early this morning for a jumping lesson with Justine Ward.
We got off to an interesting start as Buddy was rather confused by heading straight from his stable to the lorry. I was rather confused when I got in said lorry to find my breakfast toast had disappeared! Not sure you’ll need 3 guesses to work out where that went. Thanks Bert…
To be fair, it was my fault for leaving it on the seat. It’s the first time he’s stolen food like that. He’s such a cracking little lorry dog. He loves to sit on the driver’s seat watching the comings and goings. He happily watched over proceedings while Buddy and I rode.
Buddy was on top form. Justine was complimentary and gave me some great tips. A friend popped over to watch us in action. It was the first time she’d seen us together in the flesh. She was rather impressed. In fact, she was so busy watching she forgot to video us until near the end. Lovely to get any footage though.
All in all, I’m very pleased with the Oversized Labrador and the Baby Sprocker. Oh and yes, I did have something to eat after I’d jumped. I needed it, I can tell you.
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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