The Fall!

Hello :)

So, it all started with me waking up at 2 in the afternoon (I had nights the previous nights so was still getting back into a normal sleeping pattern)on christmas eve, I realised the light would be going soon so I went out in joggers and wellies with a bridle. Chucked the bridle on Blue and jumped on him :)

Blue was rather fresh and I was just riding around the field, going over a few trotting poles etc. I then decided to go for a gallop around, so my usual gallop spot is next to our ditch/drain. So, I turned to go up the side of the ditch and Blue turned very quickly then decided, rather than to gallop up hill, turn to run back to the gate, he went one way and I went the other!

It was if someone had grabbed by my collar and pulled me into the ground, just dragged into the dirt like a rag doll. I smashed my head and neck in the ground, but, after a while, I got up and walked over to Blue. He had stopped as soon as he was away from me and noticed I was off! Jumped back on while soaked in mud and took him for a walk up the ditch and then a gallop.

My head was absolutely pounding and my neck was in agony and all through the night it got worse and worse, I took ibuprofen which helped  but not completely :( Then through christmas I had the worst head and started seeing flashing lights. So, ended up in A&E with a concussion, neck sprain and whiplash. It was nasty, but after a couple of days my head was fairly back to normal and about a week later my neck was fairly normal, the whiplash took a while to budge though. So I am all normal and sparkly new apart from a few grazes now!

Right, that's the story of my first fall in about two years :P I'm off to sort out pills, or tidy, or write an essay.... or just lie in bed procrastinating :) Adios x

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Update for Blue

So, Blue had a lovely rider who came out each week and hacked him. However, due to practical
circumstances, e.g. travel issues, she was unable to continue to come out. From the end of November on-wards, Blue no longer had a rider. My sister did take him out during December to keep him going until I got home for Christmas. After christmas, Blue was put back on the market as needing a rider. We have had a few people out with mixed success. In the meantime, I am riding Blue, and will try to continue with that after the end of the month, but I am on placement then and it will be difficult.

Current status of Blue - Needing rider, being advertised but I am riding him in the meantime. Well, in short!

Happy New Year!

Hello :)

Ok, so I didn't get blogging over xmas, this was down to 2 things:

1. I may have fallen off Blue and got a little concussed.
2. I was wanting a lazy break.

Sorry :/ I meant to update but I guess that didn't happen before the end of the year, ah well.

I'm here now.

So, since I'm disorganised, I shall be doing a couple of short blogs over the next few weeks The first one shall be just a general update over what is happening with Blue.Second one shall be explaining the fall. And third will be rules for riding in winter.

Ok, well I will have the first up in the next few days :) Please feel free to send me suggestions, as I am running out of ideas. bluehoofprints@gmail.com Adios x