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!
Can you tell how pleased the Baby Sprocker is with himself?! He excelled himself by finding the biggest puddle he could on our walk today.
He was having so much fun paddling around in the muddy water. Well let’s face it, we’ve had a lot of rain over the past few days.
Thankfully he’d dried off a little bit by the time he got in the back of the Upgrade. Giving that a good clean is on my list. Especially the rear window as I noticed it’s covered in what I’m guessing are nose marks. As well as a lot of mud from someone’s shaking. Three guesses who that will be.
Part of me thinks it’s a thankless task cleaning my car or my lorry for that matter. Winter is coming and that means a lot of mud! But I love the satisfaction of seeing everything look so clean. Even if it doesn’t last 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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