Man down :-(

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Get well soon SFB

All the best Simon. Heal well.

Junkyard:

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Get well soon SFB

Bit harsh. The guy has just had a heart attack!

/switcheroo

Get well soon simon

Get well soon, Simon. Sorry I didn’t stop you for a chat on Friday, now! 🙁

I think he said fluck

Good luck Simon.

Send some bums over there quick.

Hope he makes a full and fast recovery. Thoughts to his family and friends.

Brilliant work looking after him until the paramedics got to you, undoubtedly traumatic but sounds like they kept their heads and looked after him. Sure he will be buying a few guys some beers.

get well soon simon.
fantastic work from the fellow riders to keep him alive until help arrived.

bunnyhop x

Big healing vibes SFB. Get well soon!!

Get well soon Mr Barnes x

Well done to the guys and gals in the group for looking after him. Get well soon mate.

Hora has it as the cheeky scamp Jamie well knows.

Get Well Soon, SFB.

GWS Simon.

wow, ****, get well soon

having given CPR in the past, 30 minutes must have been forever

chapeau

jesus, ridden with simon several times and wishing a speedy recovery to simon

Ouch- all the best to SFB from us here in Carmarthenshire. Get well soon fellah.

Fingers crossed here.

Any news on his condition?

Pull through fella…hoping to see some more of your Lakes pics in the future 😀

Wow! Get well soon! and amazing work from your riding buddies and paramedics. Makes me want to get a brush up on first aid for group rides.

Any news on his condition?

His son posted on FB to say he was stable but sedated, no further update expected until tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for a full recovery.

Get well soon Simon.

Get well soon

Get well soon Simon.
It wont be long before we’ll be out on the trails with you.
There’s loads left pal. 🙂

Best wishes Simon.

just adding to the rest really, hope you pull through and get back out on those trails soon Simon fella.

Get well soon Simon…

Get well soon SFB and thanks for the info Rich.

Last had a chat with Simon at the Fox in deepest Grizedale – I was out with the kids and he was guiding some boggies.

Wishing you a speedy recovery 8)

Best wishes.

Get well soon Simon.

best wishes

Get well soon. All extremities crossed for you.

Best wishes sent in SFB’s direction, never met the chap, but have conversed with him other than on here – one of the good guys, and it’s quite a shock as he’s always struck me as being fit as a fiddle.

Crikey! Get well soon SFB!

Simon is very fit for his age, and his heart attack was caused by a blood clot rather than furred arteries etc, which the doctors saw as a positive situation.

The next 24hrs will be crucial as they bring him round and assess for other issues / side affects associated with heart failure. We’ll post more details as soon as possible and with the agreement of his immediate family.

The sheer volume of the messages in this thread will mean a great deal to his family, and the praise for the members who administered CPR before the first responders arrived on the scene are a great comfort. Without their intervention, this would have been a very different thread altogether.

Get well soon Mr Barnes. I’m still in shock at the news, Simons photos and his maps inspired me to ride in the Lake District (I’d started riding relatively late in life) and after a few years of great weekends in the lakes i’m his debt. Healing wishes

Shocking news! Simon was his usual self Thursday night at the Biggie’s AGM – taking photos offering to lead rides and as contrary as ever

Apparently the ambulance from Lancaster to Blackpool went all the way on footpaths 😉

Here is to speedy recovery!