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!
I did my first peopling of 2026. It was a bit full on. It was also a little repetitive. Not sure how many times I said ‘Happy New Year’ or asked how people’s Christmases were. Let’s just go with lots!
The general conscious was ‘fairly quiet’. So many people said they hadn’t been feeling it this year.
It was an early start so I left plenty of time to de-ice the Upgrade (there wasn’t any) and navigate the back to work traffic (not much of that either) so I arrived early. I did get to see the most amazing moon. It was huge! Looked more like a sunset that the moon going down.
There was a proper Winter golden hue to it too. The same was true when I got to the yard. The trees looked like they were being lit up by golden spotlights. If it wasn’t so cold, you could be fooled into thinking it wasn’t Winter. The biting wind (and the 50 layers) reminded me for sure.
We’ve had the most amazing sunsets here so far in 2026. It fair takes your breath away. The wind has been doing that too…
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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