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 bought Buddy a new stable guard yesterday. A new stable deserves a new one. That and I could actually get the old one off!
I managed to get one of the hooks off, but the other one wasn’t budging. Luckily, one of the other liveries had one going spare so I was able to put it up.
Of course me being me, I picked a rather humid day to do it. Honestly the sweat was running down my nose. There was a bit of huffing and puffing as Buddy’s new stable door is narrower than his old one. Got there in the end.
I left him with his lick block while I went to poo pick his field. In fact, there was very little poo in his field as it was all in his field ‘day stable’. That is a big hit I can tell you! Actually makes the job easier for me too.
In fact, him moving to a bigger stable has actually resulted in a less messy stable. Work that one out?! I had wondered if he would be even more messy. Go figure!
He made me laugh when I got back. He’d clearly licked the lick block out of his stable. And was pushing the limits of his restraint. Cause it’s not like he hasn’t limboed under his old one before.
Thankfully my efforts were enough to keep him where he should be…
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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