It also bungs you up (poo)

I’d forgotten about that! I must have blocked it out of my memory, they were intense toilet sessions I tell you!

Thanks for reviving the memories.

Just seen the pics. Whit a sight! Coupon like a burst couch! Mrs C may be concerned about losing you ‘cos chics dig scars but really, you’re an ugly fecker anyway and these things are better shared. Get them posted! 😀

Speedy yuletide recovery greetings from the Midlandshire.
Make sure your mate talks about it too. Having to deal with my mates simillar situation it played on my mind for a while afterwards, thinking what if etc.

Speedy recovery, but as has already been pointed out, this thread is useless without pitchers.. 😀

Nasty! Hope you get better soon! Had similar in April this year but was unfortunately alone. Was quite a walk to where an ambulance finally got me. Try not to get caught up on what happened after and during the crash. I can’t remember anything after spotting the obstruction and another 300m further on and don’t expect it’ll ever come back and it haunted me a little and still does.

I picked up Scienceofficer off the trail when he knocked himself out a couple of years ago, it didn’t hurt me like it did him, took me a long while to get over it though.
Seeing your bud smashed up, covered in blood, unconscious, is a haunting memory.
Cleaning his bike up afterwards, cleaning the blood and cr4p off it.

Talk it over with your mate, go ride the trails again, take a moment at the place where it happened to try and release some demons, it helps.

Get well soon

GWS my friend…..I had similar eating issues after throat cancer…quite easy to leave out important bits and proteins etc…. I just liquidised loads of fruit skin n all, made thick veg and meat soups… Loved em so much I still have em sometimes…..good luck.

Yeah thats not a good look on you.

I’d stay away from the salt and vinegar crisps for a couple of weeks if i was you.

Glad you’re on the mend and get well soon!!

Ouch! Healing vibes. But if there is ever a remake of the Streets of San Francisco I reckon you’d get the part!

ooof hope you get well soon fella. take it easy and dont rush things.

Oh and make sure you buy the missus a pint and the guy a bunch of flowers for looking after you 🙂

Ouchie……….. get well soon. No participation for family christmas photos for you this year !!

Jeebus!

So was this on the three drop section near the start at the wind turbine? I’ll be riding round that for the foreseeable!

Ouch! Nasty! Can’t add much more than get well soon!

Christmas fancy dress party bonus though – go as a member of the zombie apocalypse.

Good work!

its feeling a good bit better today, thanks

Get well soon, hope you don’t have to liquidise the turkey

Ow! Ow ow ow ow ow.

Makes me feel a bit better about my broken back…

Could have been worse – you can still see, eh?

Get well. Soon be spring. 🙂

You’re lucky. My pal John Graham went over the bars on the traverse around Lonscale Fell and broke his neck.

His widow’s tribute:

http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2013/09/11/widow-pays-tribute-to-mountain-biker-john-graham-who-died-on-skiddaw

Ladies and gentlemen – as if we needed reminding – what we do is very dangerous.

Let’s be careful out there. 8)

Bit late for Halloween, no?

Heal quick.

I pretty much always ride alone – seeing things like this make me think it’s not suchg a clever idea.

Yuk.
Get well soon.

I can still see, badly – mashed my riding specs. Eating is a challenge – currently on Alpen porridge.

It could have been so much worse…

That’s bad luck Iain. Cathkin has claimed a whole load of victims so far; the public generally aren’t used to a world cup track I think and assume because it’s XC they can relax! (not talking about you, but some others aye).

Speedy recovery. That’s a pretty good look anyway, bet you’ll scare the crap out of folk when you smile!

Last Autumn my son aged 13 lost control of his road bike and nutted a tree, knocking himself out. Coming round a corner and finding my own child lying unconscious in the mud with a pool of bright blood coming out of his nose is something I will never forget. Thankfully the damage was not serious or long-lasting. The following February he took a jump badly while skiing and compressed a vertebra; another trip to hospital, this time to stay for five days. He’s a lot more cautious nowadays on downhills.

Saw this on the GMBC FB page. That looks pretty nasty Ian.
We’ve never met so I cant comment on whether the new arrangement is an improvement or not! Healing vibes, still you’ll be back on the bike in time for the worst of the winter mugdock slop.
Which is nice…..

Ouch! You made a bit of a mess of that, didn’t you?
Get well soon.

“You’ve got red on you”

Looks like it stung a bit! Get well soon fella and respect to your mate, he’s earned a pint.

cheers all, I may have been ugly, but not that bad 🙂 The uncanny thing for me is that it’s a section of trail I ride weekly, nothing new or risky….just goes to show I guess….

4 days in and mending 🙂

*barfs*

(I’m sure you’re handsome under all the scabs and bruising, though)

Glad to see you are on the mend Iain.

Its a funny place Cathkin Braes, none of it is “hard” but there are plenty of places that would really hurt if you came off. I’ve had a couple of stupid offs up there as well.

Always manage to avoid landing on my face though!

New MET parachute for xmas for you I think!

Seriously though glad you are feeling better, the mrs is now paranoid about me riding up there in the dark though!

Yikes! That was a proper mess!

Looks like they made a good job of closing it up. Heal fast!

Jesus, it’s a shame their not still auditions for world war Z in Glasgow!

Healing vibes mate 😆

Looking much better now Iain – healing vibes and all that – as said above, this is a reminder of how dangerous what we do is and, as much as we all love it, it pays to take care. All the best

More concerned about what’s in your wardrobe tbh.

Yeah bit of Hawaiian shirt going on in there 😉

Holy Crap….photo’s just after the accident are good’ens.

Speedy recovery and I hope you don’t get a cold for at least a month or more….blowing your hooter is not goona be fun!

Get well soon!

I was thinking of having pizza for lunch, but err…

The things you’ll do for a bit of time off at Xmas.