post crash

post crash
Originally uploaded by mrnoxious.

Yesterday saw me and Grumpy down the dog again, weather conditions - damp, MrNoxious condition - unfit, I need a job soon (watch this space!) so I can get back to commuting on my bike everyday. We got about half way around the course before "it" happened. Section 7 "The Boardwalk", a raised wooden section that splits in 2 at the end giving a choice between carrying on down the foot and a half wide track or trying your luck along a 6 inch wide "skinny" stretch over a muddy bog (the reason for it being a raised section) Guess which way us idiots choose? Or try to, I approached the skinny carrying nowhere near enough speed, which meant balance was way off, sending me off to the right when I should have gone to left. Front wheel first into the water, me off over the bars staring at a nasty looking tree stump. Luckily I hit the softer stuff just before it .. head, neck, shoulder, back, taking the brunt of it. Mr Grumpy dashes to my aid to save my bike and me sinking deeper into the bog. This morning I have a very sore neck.