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!
Back home after a fabulous night away at Radley Green. Fabulous is the right word!
The sun shone for us and it couldn’t have been better. We started off in the minimum arena, moved to the big arena and finished off with a lovely hack.
The minimum arena had fences from 40cm – 80cm. A very good starting point. I foolishly thought Buddy wouldn’t need his ears as it was so quiet. Alas I was wrong. He was very distracted by a cockerel, shadows and other horses on the canter track. So quick change and ears donned, he was a changed character and jumped everything I asked of him.
We thought we’d just have a wander round the big arena and have a play in the water. It has fences from 70cm – 110cm. Needless to say we didn’t jump those! But we did end up jumping a few of the 70cm and 80cm fences.
We all had huge smiles on our faces! Considering as it’s been quite a while since Buddy and I jumped solid fences, we did good.
We finished our time there with a lovely hack round the fields before heading home. Bert was pleased to see me. Sounds like he’s had a lovely time too. Let’s just say we’ll all sleep very well tonight…
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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