Hi all,
I know a few of you wanted to know how J got on with his riding after the arm bit the dust. Well, he’s doing pretty well.
8 months on and still all clear. He’s back at work part time and bitching because it is playing havoc with his social life.
We rode Newborough Forest at Christmas – very scenic but, to use his words, ‘a bit flat’…
Then a bit of a break while his ribs recovered (he went ‘exploring’ derelict pubss and got stuck half-in/half-out on a wide windowsill…)and now he’s back on the bike.
If any of you know Stannington in Sheffield, you *might* know Catty lane – it’s pretty steep and gravelly at the top so quite a good candidate for airtime. I was quite apprehensive about him trying but it’s not up to me – anyway, he cruised it…
He hasn’t fallen off recently, which is great.
No sign of a prosthetic arm yet but the prosthetist has made him a great piece of ‘ribcage armour’ that has yet to be tested in anger. (where was it when he was dangling out of a first floor window though?)
I am going to try to post some photos below, it may not work…
Redmires to Stanage in the remains of the snow
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1722644&l=4b13b00875&id=527320465
This is our local ride out from home. Not very exciting, but good practise
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2251118&l=ca6da90986&id=527320465
(Can’t work out how to get the photos to post in-line, if anyone can help?)