It's amazing how the body heals, both physically and mentally. Take it a step at a time but shouldn't be long before back riding. Fantastic to hear you're out of the hospital.
I hope the second mile, back up from Costa, went ok too. Keep climbing out of the hole, sfb.
Does typing on a keyboard count as exercise?
depends what you're typing with
I took the bus home 🙂 Too big a hill in my weakened state!
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Good luck with your recovery sfb and that bloody-mindedness of yours will reap rewards. 😉
Welcome back 🙂
Step needs painting 🙂
Good to see you on the road to recovery
Legs look abit brown. Tropicana spray tan?
Bloody hell the whole thing must have been scary for your riding buddies, those legs though phwoarrrrrr 😛
no artificial colours on my legs, just a trick of the light 🙂 From what I've been able to gather, it was a harrowing experience for many others, and my son was told I'd never be able to care for myself, but I slept through all that and as soon as I regained consciousness started trying to escape!
Glad you are ok SFB 🙂
[i]" . . . I'd never be able to care for myself"[/i]
Hmmm, some would say that's obviously true. Just look at the state of those shorts 😯
Do you even [b]own[/b] an iron???
Through being away in Greece until a few days ago (internetless) and, since I got back here, not paying as much attention as I should to forum posts I completely missed this until this morning.
What a shocker would be an understatement! However, I'm really, really glad that you're be on the mend Simon. From one old fart to another, keep on keeping on, yessir - all the very best!
yes I do own an iron, kindly given to me by a club member, but I've not had occasion to use it yet. As far as I'm concerned, my body isn't flat so my clothes don't need to be either 🙂
I have a card from someone signing themselves "Esme" showing a group of 1920's ladies with their bikes captioned "here we are: powerful erotic and ready to go". I have no idea who Esme is 🙂
😀
I missed you when you left this place Simon.
A bit drastic, but you've pulled off the best return since Lazarus.
Take care.
this was only a flying visit 🙂
Great to hear and see you on the mend.
I normally just lurk on here but I've been following this thread from the start. Simon walked by me Lancaster today. I've checked the picture and it was him! Glad you are up and about and best wishes for your recovery.
you coulda said hello! I'm not that unsociable 🙂
You looked busy... and you were walking faster than me!
I'm never busy, I'm retired now 🙂
Welcome back. And the best news is that the thread is no longer sticky.
I was going to suggest to Mark it was about time for that!
You've done well SFB. Welcome back.
😀
[wonders when bottoms will appear]
How long before the full scale arguing/piss taking starts? 🙂
Hurrah . very happy to hear you're on the mend.
simonfbarnes can I just say now you are wrong. Wrong on any topic (there got it in there first). Phew, I'd never dare say that to Tandemjeremy, he'd 'ave me.
Great to see you are on the mend! Nice one.
Hora is a nice person
STW is a fascinating place
I always stick to recognised rights of way for bikes
all wrong apparently :o)
Welcome back 🙂
Hope you have a speedy recovery and can get back riding soon.
Welcome back!
I'm already gone 🙂
I'm back on my bike:
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Yay!
Nice arse.
My eyes!
are you taking pictures into someones bathroom?
<nurses accommodation block out of frame on right hand side>
Of my ****ing lord!
I would write "like" but I see that this incident hasn't changed your taste in shorts.
Nice biceps femoris.
😥
There's clearly a lassies arse just out of that pic. 😉
while I was on a ventilator my legs wasted away terribly, but they've come back now, I just need my lung function to improve so I can get enough oxygen to them...
There's clearly a lassies arse just out of that pic
FYI the lassie was behind me taking the shot 🙂
Lassies taking pictures of sfb's arse?
Sadly I spent an hour (or 3) looking through 4 year old mugshot thread on here last night. A little sad to see so many well known names haven't posted for a year or two. Nice to have one back. Don't bugger off to Twitter or wherever it was SFB, you are needed here.
Bloody hell, can't believe I've only just seen this thread 😯
Not had chance to read 13 pages, but glad you are on the mend Simon - all the best wishes
<nurses accommodation block out of frame on right hand side>
"Tits, bum, fanny the lot"
Hope you're enjoying being back on the bike
sad to tell, I was snapping some jet skis on the Lune estuary 🙂
Sadly I spent an hour (or 3) looking through 4 year old mugshot thread on here last night. A little sad to see so many well known names haven't posted for a year or two...
..'cos they're banned.
..'cos they're banned.
I've been banned for a total of 34 hours. My absence is due to disaffection!
I don't how I've missed this thread until now......as said above, I wasn't expecting something quite so serious as this.
Anyway, good to hear you're on the mend old chap and hope the recovery continues.
what has struck me is the kindness shown to me at every stage - the heroic members who kept me oxygenated with CPR until the ambulance arrived, the staff at Blackpool and Lancaster hospitals and everyone who came to visit me while in hospital and after with offers of help 🙂
just checked up on this thread to see how you were getting on.
Great news.
Speedy recovery.
I went on my first proper club ride since the event today! And experienced some of the highest winds ever 🙂
And experienced some of the highest winds ever
must have been Friday nights curry 😉
You must learn to keep your distance from the nearest bottom Simon. Deploy the telephoto lens 😉
glad to hear you're back on the bike simon
hey Jon I noticed you'd vanished from Facebook 🙂
Bit of a thread bump and unfortunately not for the right reasons.
SFB has been around on Facebook a fair bit, he seemed to have pretty much recovered and I saw him about 2 months ago, he was all cheerful and normal.
Out MTBing in Grizedale today though, he had another heart attack and got airlifted to Carlisle where he's in a stable condition.
It's on the Bogtrotters and Great North Air Ambulance FB page:
Best wishes Simon!
ooyah
c'mon Barnesy !!
fingers crossed
OH Bugger hope he pulls through
You stole my words, JY. Sending him optimistic thoughts.
Oh crap. C'mon sfb argue your way out of this.
Very best wishes to SFB. 😕
Ooof! Sorry to hear this - get well soon Simon!
Oh hell, c'mon Simon.
Sorry to hear this 🙁
Best wished to him again, saw how much he had been getting out again.
Holy crap. Good luck again fella.
Oh bloody hell. Best wishes Simon.
That's rubbish news. Best wishes from me again.
Poor sfb, I hope he makes a good recovery.