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!
First day of camp done and as usual, it was brilliant. Buddy, Bert and I are having a wonderful time.
Buddy had two lessons – flat and jumping. Bert had two runs round the forest and ended the day jumping the same jumps as Buddy! Definitely got an agility dog on my hands.
Bit of a lightbulb moment in my flat lesson. The instructor told me to get my shoulders back. I thought I was. She said imagine you’re coming off the leaf pit at Burghley. Well that worked!
Every time I crept forward, the word Leaf Pit put me back into the correct position. Amazing how simple it is to make a positive connection between a word and an action.
Buddy was on very good form in both lessons. He also decided he was part Mountain goat while I was hand grazing him. Camps really are a very happy place for me.
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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