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 in our respective homes. It’s been a fabulous camp once more. We came home with three rosettes for good measure.
Everyone gets a Camper Rosette. I have nine of those now ( I didn’t get one the year I popped over to help). Buddy got a ‘in great shape’ one for having a pretty perfect body score.
And we topped it off with a red one for winning the show jumping competition.
Given our performance last Sunday, it was just the boost I needed.
Buddy will now get a few days off. I’m sure Bert will be very happy to go for a shorter walk tomorrow after all of his runs in the forest.
Me? I’ll be tackling the now traditional camp clear up. And they say the horse does all the work.
Grateful to everyone who made my decade of camps so special. Considering my first one was a bit of a disaster, I can certainly say that I’ve come a long way in that time.
My partnership with Buddy has too. I often look back at some of our early videos and the progression is incredible. Hard work, dedication and listening to top quality instructors really does pay off.
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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