My Future Scar

[lifeson]

Not long got back from a nightmare holiday in France where I was involved in a bikerelated incident which has left me with a broken leg and a nice wound down my leg:

Cycling along a dedicated cyclepath in St Palais just outside Royan a guy just steps straight out infront of me and stops me dead in my tracks.
Tip
Always carry your EHIC travel card when out and about!

 

[Panter]

Crikey, who was it that stepped out in front of you, Freddie Kruger?

Looks really nasty, wishing you a fast recovery

 

[coffeejo]

 

[lifeson]

Crikey, who was it that stepped out in front of you, Freddie Kruger?

Never saw the guy again (I'm even assuming it was a guy)

It was a typical layout with a road running parallel to the cycle path and a footpath alongside the cycle path.
We were ambling along (I was towing our dogs in their trailer so wasn't going fast at all)
I was aware of the people around me (it is quite a busy seaside resort) and noticed the group of people ahead, next thing I know there is someone right in front of me and I am on the floor!

Must have fell awkward or hit the barrier that seperates the path and road but as soon as I sat up I knew my leg was broke as I was able to move my thigh but my foot wouldnt move
Ambulance arrived within minutes and I was whisked off to the local hospital where xrays and scans showed I need plates and screws in my leg and I also broke my back (fractured vertebrae)
Spent the next 7 days in hospital
still waiting for the bill to come (no insurance!)

 

[rsvdaz]

bit of t-cut and that should polish out.


joking aside....ouch!

get well soon

 

[asterix]

That's very bad luck. I have cycled in Royan a few times and find it a tricky place - lots of holiday makers ambling around aimlessly trying to get to the beach and lost drivers. It was a bit flattened during WW2 and I find the road system and signage rather crap.

Get well soon!

 

[ianrauk]

Wow, very nasty injuries. I hope you heal fast and well and the bill isnt too high

 

[Keith Oates]

That is one heck of a cut on your leg, I hope that both the 'wound' and the broken bones heal quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HLaB]

Ouch, GWS!

 

[G-Zero]

Ouch, that had to hurt !!

I hope you heal quickly and look on the bright side............ Chicks dig scars

I read your account on another forum we both frequent and really hope you got sorted.

 

[ASC1951]

.....
Ambulance arrived within minutes and I was whisked off to the local hospital where xrays and scans showed I need plates and screws in my leg and I also broke my back (fractured vertebrae)
Spent the next 7 days in hospital
still waiting for the bill to come (no insurance!)

Bill? That should all be covered on the EHIC.
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/EHIC/Pages/Introduction.aspx

 

[numbnuts]

OUCH GWS

 

[colly]

WOW.

That looks like a real b*stard.

Hope it mends well .

 

[Headgardener]

Ouch get well soon. Two things is the bike and are the dogs OK. All the best. HG.

 

[lifeson]

Dogs are fine, still haven't had chance to look at the bike it's still strapped on the back of the motorhome.
It must have been painful at the time as my first thought WASN'T how's the bike!