NED’s World

Ok I learnt a valuable lesson yesterday morning, a painful but valuable lesson

Alongside the concrete paths near where I live are a mix of grass and sand, yesterday morning I went for a ride as I have canceled my personal training due to cost. I went off the path onto the right hand side thinking it was more solid than it was….. well I can tell you a great fact, sand stops a bike like the Hudson stops a plane… Quite quickly

I was thrown off the bike onto the concrete path…. it hurt, a lot. My injuries are as follows:

Skinned left knee, gash in left shin, grazed left ankle, bruises all over left leg, 3 cuts on left little finger, skinned left palm, skinned left elbow, grazed left shoulder (seeing a pattern here, won’t need the NTSB to work out which side of me hit the ground hardest!!), grazed right knee, bruised right knee, 3 knuckles on right hand scabbed…. and the crowning injury, a cracked rib (left side obviously)

I’m fine, a little sore, no major damage, more amused than anything. Bikes a little scratched with 2 punctures, but nothing that is a major upset

Anyway, know the saying “You never forget how the ride a bike”, it’s true, just don’t ride one if you’re a numpty