Having bagged a good few photos on my first outing , that ended upmwitha broken thumb if you recall, I set out on Wednesday to bag some of the more local ones. I wasn't doing too bad - had got the Horseshoe Door and the oldmlighthouse in Wicklow.
I was on my way back over the mountain when... Well, I'll let the piccies show you:
The short version is that i slid on wed road/gravel/downhill 90 corner on single track lane. Back wheel skidded left, right, left, right, left and gripped and highsided me onto the bank on the edge of the road.
End result in seriously broken Femur. Displaced break with three clean breaks, but luckily able to nail(pin) it instead of plate it. Hence the relatively
Small dressing where they went in at the top and the smaller one for the screws at the bottom. As the other picture shows, i seem to less veins in my arm than a cheap sausage.
Amazingly, i'm already up on crutches and moving about but it will be a while before that legs weight- bearing again.
Bike? Last thing on my mind tbh. It was picked up by one of the wonderful passers by that stopped to help and called the ambulance and waited on the rainy hillside with me. The ambulance staff and hospital staff have been nothing but great too.
Sorry for the shite ride report, but had to make do with an iphone and i'm tripping on pain killers!
Good Luck!
Patrick
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