Despite having slimmed down by nearly 2 stone, but my riding will be curtailed (more so than over the past 4-5 months) due to 2 knackering factors...
1. 'Mallet finger' - ruptured tendon on my left ring finger, caused by being hit by a tyre swing trying to catch Ruby when she fell off. 6 weeks in a plastic splint, sticking straight out... Nice.
2. Ruptured disc in my neck (C5/C6, apparently). The specialist has advised agaist anything which might induce further neck trauma (which is pretty much any riding for me, as falling off is always an option). This has also meant that instead of boarding this weekend in Morillon, I will be skiing - not exactly in line with the consultant's explicit instructions, but life is not risk-free... I will be having an operation to remove the disc and fuse the vertebrae, which will take a few months to recover fully from.
So, all in all, a big old bunch of arse....
Happy riding, chaps.
Dunnie
A quick ride through the Surrey Hills with a group of 40 something mtbers who really should know better!
