I knew it couldn’t last! I was enjoying cycling too much to be true. On Saturday, while enjoying a short cycling trip with my family I decided to impress my son with a burst of speed and left the path. I accelerated on the grass verge and my plan was to rejoin the path. Unfortunately, I didn’t account for a rut between the grass and the concrete path. My bike hit the rut and went one way while I went the other and crashed down hard on the floor. Fortunately, I was wearing a helmet. Even so, I found myself dizzily standing up not knowing what had hit me. The reaction of my wife and kids was instant and very caring. So, I’ve damaged a pair of glasses and have plenty of grazes including on my face and a black eye. I guess these things happen and I should feel grateful that I walked away relatively alright instead of having to go to an Accident and Emergency Department. It does go to show that speed can be a dangerous thing. It hasn’t deterred me from cycling but I will be taking it easy from now on. Lesson learned.
3 comments:
Oh my goodness! I'm so glad you weren't more seriously injured. I hope your children weren't too frightened. Take good care, FW.
Thankfully you were wearing a helmet! I'm glad it wasn't as serious as it could've been. Ouch, though. I'm sorry about the scrapes and black eye!
Recover and then get right back on the saddle...er...bike.
LB: My kids were okay, I'm glad my wife was there though to help them understand what had happened. My daughter said a funny thing; she didn't realise how much she loved me until she saw me hurt with blood on my face.
Tara: Thanks, yes I do need to get back on my bike and silence those demons!
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