I'm reasonably sure they won't be reading but just an acknowledgment for the great job they did Saturday after our friend crashed quite spectacularly coming down Walton Hill in Clent.
I was further ahead but my other friend saw him cartwheel 30 feet or more down the hill ending upside down and unconscious in a bush...He came around but was in a lot of pain, hence paramedics and ultimately the Air Ambulance.
He's got a fractured shoulder, two broken wrists (one requiring an operation) and a chipped bone in his neck. Without starting an unwanted debate, his helmet took a proper bashing with a 7" x 5" section being crushed down to about 20% of the usual thickness of polystyrene.
He's still in Selly Oak with the operation due today but should be back home soon. Can’t say enough about how good the paramedic team and Air Ambulance crew were. There was also some good help from some Air Cadets hiking the hills, who stopped to lend a hand. Also a couple of local ladies went above and beyone the call of duty (no, not like that!) who helped the paramedic crew get to the scene and also offered to store my friends broken bike until we could collect it.
I wasn’t so impressed with the two mtbers, who slowed down just enough so as not to bunny hop my inert friend as they sped past….It was quite a fast section, but it was pretty obvious something serious had happened – would’ve been nice to have had at least a courtesy shout of “everything okay?”. Fortunately, they were the minority – other bikers did slow down or stop as did 95% of everyone else as we waited for help.
