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’m off to Wales tomorrow for a site visit for this year’s big conference in November. As getting there involves the M25, I took a slight detour to stay the night at my Dad’s.
It made sense in my head and gave me a chance to check up on him. He’s not doing so great. The heart attack has really hit him hard. I’m working on a plan to help him though.
My original plan had been to bring Bert with me, but it became clear that it would be too much for my Dad. Grateful once more to have wonderful friends who help me out in these situations. Bert is having another puppy sleepover. And having an absolute blast by the sounds of it.
Apparently he’d been jumping this fence. Clearly he got some lofty ideas at Burghley. He took the whole 5* pup to heart. I think it might be time to unleash Storm Bert into the dog agility world. Batten down the hatches, it could be chaos. I also got sent a photo of him crashed out. Thankfully the chaos doesn’t last that long.
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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