Friday 15 March 2013

Another aborted trip

A couple of weeks back I had to scrap at the last minute, a trip to Dartmoor. This was a direct result of the debacle back in February. Mike had sketched out a gentle, pre challenge wander in South Wales. The usual flurry of e mails. Train times arranged, meeting up places and times. Early March was agreed upon. A bunkhouse booked for our first night. My GP had prescribed medication and naively I had hoped they would tide me over during the course of the week. They did not, as I rapidly found out. There is no point in going in to the gory details. Tuesday morning there was little choice but to bale out. Basically, I was, and still am, quite ill. To put it mildly I am gutted, very upset that I let Mike down. Maybe now I need to stand aside and have a rethink on things. My main spring is badly damaged. The joy and pleasure of being out on the hill dulled. Enough said, I will wait and see Mike's write up of the trip.

16 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear it went pear-shaped for you, chin-up girl!

    Don't worry about Mike, he's one of the good guys (don't tell him I said that!) and his concern will be for you.

    Best wishes,

    John

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  2. My oh my, you are having a rough time. Only one thing to say. “Get well very soon”.

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  3. Thank you John, it is just that sense of failure.

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  4. Really sorry to hear that. Best wishes for your recovery.

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  5. Hi Robin, I guess it is just one of those things. Extremely frustrating though

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  6. It would only have been a failure if you had ignored your body and had a rough time. Abergavenny area is going nowhere and will be there for you next time.

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  7. I'm sorry to hear this, Dawn. It's a right sod when you get setbacks like this.
    I hope things improve for you soon.
    All the best
    Alan

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  8. Many thanks Alan. It is the longer term implications that are a worry

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  9. True, possibly a return trip to Middle Ninfa?

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  10. Hope that you recover soon Dawn. All the best.

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  11. Thank you very much James

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  12. Hi Dawn, I'm so sorry to hear that things are still not sorted. I really hope it all improves very soon and that you will be looking back on this period as just a minor setback.

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  13. Ah well you didn't miss much.... ashley, thats a lie, it was grand but mainly desperately cold. Don't feel bad about it, and don't be packing stuff in till the fat lady is actually singing. Occasionally , a doctor comes up with a diagnosis. You might mention this to your GP!

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  14. Thanks Chrissie. Mike, I have hospital on Thursday. Not packing in yet, there is a plan, a last throw of the dice maybe, but a plan.

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  15. Its always good to have a plan. Things are always better with a plan! Fingers crossed!

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