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!
It’s been a bit of a funny day. And not just in terms of the weather. It’s been sunshine one minute, hail the next. I brought the big coat out of hibernation. Even donned my overtrousers for the yard.
Not that I am complaining about the rain. We desperately need that. Just not sure why we have to have all of the weather in one go. But then I’m British, an equestrian and dog owner, aka weather obsessed.
It’s been funny cause Hugo has been MIA for a few days now. So I’ve been door to door asking my neighbours if they’ve seen him and if they’d check garages / shed etc for him. No sign of him yet.
Dodo is here, but seems a bit unsettled without his brother. He’s been calling almost as much as I have!
Poor Bert doesn’t understand what’s going on as I keep going out to look for Hugo.
It really shows the difference between cats and dogs. Bert follows me almost everywhere, whereas cats can be rather nonchalant about it all. The kittens are quite home bods really, which is why it’s out of character for Hugo. Everything crossed he comes home soon.
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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