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!
Greetings from Essex! Toby Travels strikes again. Buddy and I have joined a friend and her horse for a night away at Radley Green Equestrian Centre. Oh my goodness, it’s fab here and we’ve only been here a few hours.
Very smooth journey down. We didn’t hear a peep out of the horses. Even with some of the rollercoaster roads. We arrived with enough light to go for a long hack round the fields. We decided not to go on a longer loop – which proved to be a good shout as the heavens opened when we got back.
We’ve hired both of their Arena Eventing arenas tomorrow for some pre-Champs practice. Different Champs, but similar kind of jumps. We’d originally planned this for May when we were heading to the same Champs. Buddy wasn’t quite right so we rolled it over to now.
The horses are happily munching away. We’re tucked up for the night too. And Bert? He’s having some man-time with my friend’s husband.
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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