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 are back from our mini-camp. I took Buddy for a leg stretch in the forest before our lesson this morning.
Bert had always been for a run round so only seemed fair. I even hacked in my dressage saddle. Not sure that’ll happen outside of camps. It did feel rather odd.
We had a baby horse in our lesson. It was her first real experience of being riden away from home. She was very sweet and Buddy soon put her at ease. My little boy is quite the babysitter. She was very happy trotting around with him.
Her canter was a bit more forward than his, but he led the way, then let her go on her own. It’s quite the compliment to be asked by another rider to support her homebred freshly backed baby horse. Buddy rose to the occasion.
As always, we came home tired, but good tired. We learnt a lot in a short space of time. It was lovely to see so many familiar faces. And meet some new ones 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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