Ow! Blimmin’ Canals!
Well, I’m back from the Sea Otter and back into the swing of things. Before I left, I’d been taking things easy as I’d been feeling under the weather. I’d only managed a couple of rides in a month before I left, and I didn’t ride while in California. So I was looking forward to riding last night. None of the locals were out, so just Jazzy Brian and I went out for a spin. We went up and over London Road, down ‘Hell Yeah!’*, past the pub, up Knott Wood and down ‘Vietnam’. Having survived all this, we deserved a pint in the Stubbing Wharf. And then riding home, my wheels slipped on a flowing canal spillway and dumped me onto my knee. I now can’t bend my leg, so no riding for me for a while again. Ho hum. Perhaps this wasn’t meant to be a fit year…
I’ll be down at the Enduro Six this weekend anyway though, I’ve gone from half of a pair, to a supporter for a solo. Never mind, Emily has a new Santa Cruz Blur XC that she can’t wait to ride a lot, so she’ll probably be happy. Now, do I take the guitar or not?
(*Not entirely its real name)
April 25th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
It seems a bit of an excessive way of getting out of riding a bike. ;]
April 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Rob got a bout of gardia (or something like that, to do with rat piss) when he fell of on that, make sure you disinfect if you’ve cut it
April 28th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Leptospirosis - Weils disease.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Emily’s still happy! Rad, rad, rad! If you bring the guitar to Scotland, I’ll bring the stripey woolley jumper and we can all sing around the fire, like at band, I mean guide camp.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Yep, I’m on the Doxycycline antibiotics to ward off Weil’s Disease or whatever. It’s also good for syphilis too apparently. (The antibiotics that is, not falling in a canal…)