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 took this picture when we were at Radley Green. It’s a brilliant idea and one I’m sure other places could adopt. It’s a picnic area with corrals for your horse!
Clearly we didn’t have a picnic to test it. That’s on the list for our next trip. Yes we’re already talking about our next trip. First I need to get over this one..
I was a little jaded when I woke up. Tired, but good tired. Coffee was my friend. I was peopling this morning so popped to the nearby coffee shop to get us both a coffee. My lovely chiro needed caffeine too. Somehow I came back with a cheese scone. Whoops! Well I did burn a lot of calories yesterday.
I burned a few today too as I had to clear out the back of the lorry. Two horses onboard mean double the poo. Missy didn’t do nearly as many as Buddy. She was very easy to clean up after. Buddy’s section was more of a challenge. My god, he made a a mess! Thank goodness for my Pip Poo Protector. It means I don’t have quite as much to clean.
The rest of the clean up can wait till tomorrow. But the horse does all the work, right?!
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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