Last Wednesday I should have been leaving home to go on a 5 or 6-week cycle tour. For the first time in a few years I'd bought new cycling clothes, I'd serviced my bike and I'd thought about possible routes. After 4 months of lockdown, the possibilities excited me - freedom, fresh air, exercise, wild-camping, nature, adventure, new people and new sights. But, 1 week before I was due to leave home, I suffered a dislocated double fracture of my right ankle - despair! I'm trying to be positive and I'm concentrating on keeping my mind occupied, trying to stay fit and looking forward to the challenge of several months of physio and getting myself right again. There'll be other opportunities to cycle tour in the future.
  
    
    
        Published on July 26, 2020 08:14