Today tomorrow Timaru, that’s where I met you! Off to Timaru to pick up an old commercial self propelled lawn mower. Annoyingly we didn’t see it listed on our way south. Oh well good excuse to have a day out. We ended up having a nice lunch and while we had an enjoyable day scaffolding was going up.

The lawns are out of control. We have called in the big guns, Andrew has come with his big tractor to mow it all down. Much better! Still have some wood piles to get rid of.

A day in Herbert, I transferred the olives and some other plants. Looking better each day.

The letterbox is rather uninspiring, I really wanted a crafty creative task. A cheap and easy fix with some acrylic paint pens and some clear automotive paint.

Let me start with I am fine, I promise!

Oh dear Sunday. We went for a hoon with Laura and I was coming along a left bend and was going a little faster than I normally would. I hit a bump and thought I lost traction. Before I know it I had straightened my bike and landed in the ditch on the other side of the road. It all happened so fast I am not sure exactly what did happen. I did break so by the time I came off I was going fairly slow. My motorbike is fine and more importantly I am.

Laura was in front and Rowan was behind me. I was winded for a good minute and that was the hardest part. Rowan came and checked he could move me before lifting me up so I could breathe again. I thought I had really only hurt my left thumb, with an instant bruise. I ended up on the side of the road with an upper bank rather than down into a field. Someone stopped to check on us and I assured them I was okay. Once getting us to a safer spot on the road and rowan checking me over than my bike. By this time Laura had realised we weren’t behind her and came back. As she turned her bike around she dropped it, Rowan ran over to help. Laura stayed with me while Rowan took my bike for a quick ride to make sure it was safe to get back on. We were about 20min away from Ōamaru and I got back on the horse and followed Laura to her house.

It wasn’t until I was at Laura’s and my adrenaline had chilled out that I realised my shoulder was a bit sore too. Once I was back at Herbert and I could relax that is when I realised I had hurt my neck and shoulder. I wouldn’t say it was worse than a good fall down the stairs but it has been a long time since I have really gotten this hurt.

I woke up on Monday and felt a good amount of pain. Not enough to see a doctor but I took a couple of ibuprofen and called the physio. Appointment on Friday. I am sure it will get better on its own but if I can do some exercises and stretches to help. Also it is then recorded with ACC just in case I get any grief in the future.

I held off writing this blog, well because I feel a bit silly coming off my bike but also I didn’t want a flood of worry from everyone. So sorry for the delay of blogs but I wanted to make sure you all know 12 days later I am well.