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!
As I was driving to Somerset on Monday, I drove past a sign for Monkey World. Today, I headed back there for a visit. I haven’t been there since my 40th birthday, so just a few years then…
It was something my Mum and I shared. We would watch the TV series together and we’d both been several times – though never together. For many years, I bought a monkey adoption as her birthday present too.
I spent a couple of hours wandering round chatting with the primates. I even got to see their newest arrival, a four month old Orangutang. She was having a play in the crèche with two other babies. The park is a nursery for babies who can’t be raise by their mother.
There area few tame deer in the park too. I walked past 3 girls feeding one. They were all saying how they’d never been so close to one before. Then one of the girls said it was healing her soul. I had to smile as animals definitely do that. I know mine do.
I sat in the hot tub tonight listening to the sheep and lambs bleating. The night was so still. Well apart from the Baby Sprocker running around the hot tub with his toy. He does make me laugh.
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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