Went out playing in the snow today with Mrs NBT and our mate graham. We were a bit late setting out as Graham struggled to make it to our house, we live at the top of a hill see and there was about 2 inches of snow and no signs of any gritters - the snow was just compacting under car wheels and as soon as you lose momentum, that's it!
anyway we eventually got out and had a great ride, loads of perfect snowy singletrack our for the taking, I was keeping an eye out for the odd bit here and there as tomorrow I was due to go out riding with Marsdenman so we could do some photo-taking
On the very last descent, muggins here managed to clip a post with the handlebars and went arse over tit. As far as I can recall it, the left hand end of the bars clipped a post throwing me to the right. A fallen tree caught me as I slid along it, luckily preventing me from hitting the stone wall it was hanging over! As the tree caught me I was turned round into it, so my left side hit the floor, and I must have kept hold of the handlebars, as the wheel was facing the wong way too, back up the hill.
At this point the frame appeared, following the pirouette of the front wheel and it came arcing all the way over the top, landing heavily on my thigh, leaving me trapped between top tube and handlebars. I said words to the effect of "Gosh, that smarts", but given my position I struggled to do more than lift the frame off my leg, I am lucky I was with the others as Graham was quickly there to lift the bike off me - I really would have struggled on my own I think
Managed to home at a very slow pace, and sat with an ice pack on it for a while, so I don't think there's anything seriously wrong with it but now when I move it, it bloody hurts if the any of the movement at all makes my large manly thigh muscles tight. this is ok for now when I'm sitting upright but I foresee a sleepless night.
Anyway the point of the post is to highlight that I am a bloody numpty, I am shamed that I did the whole snowy ride perfectly and the tumble is due solely to my own incompetence, rather than the conditions
still, off to the conservative club in half an hour, the brass band are doing a carol concert. A couple of pints of Theakston's might help 
PS can any docs tell my what a fractured leg feels like, I guess from the fact that I can stand on it and walk that it's ok...
It's basically a large blood clot embedded in the muscle, and it pulls/hurts every time the muscle flexes 
