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Cannock Chase - 2011 day trip
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Author:  martyn748 [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:53 pm ]
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Hi guys. was a great ride at cannock. trails were almost perfect.

we went off to Llandlegna. the first climb dose go on a bit, not hard, just dull. But the black run was awsome. some really cool super fast trails.
all was going well untill the last 100 meters. straight over the bars, loud crack and a few choice words screamed out.
Of to a&e, rushed straight through, 10 xrays later told i've broken both arms :O broken left radial. (split down the middle) And broken right elbow. :(
So left arm in plaster, might need surgery, right arm just really stiff and sore.
So back home early, no riding for a long time and meant to be moving house next Friday!!!
Author:  Grin [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:48 pm ]
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martyn748 wrote:

loud crack and a few choice words screamed out.
Of to a&e, rushed straight through, 10 xrays later told i've broken both arms :O broken left radial. (split down the middle) And broken right elbow. :(
So left arm in plaster, might need surgery, right arm just really stiff and sore.
meant to be moving house next Friday!!!


Bloody hell mate, thats terrible, really sorry to hear that, especially with a house move thrown in. Hope its a quick / uncomplicated recovery for you.
Author:  trax [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:11 pm ]
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Both arms - that's bloody unlucky :( Hope you have a swift recovery and are back on the bike in time for summer.
Author:  Jon [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:23 pm ]
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Chris was keeping me in the loop mart

Its is super harsh my man! 2 out the the last 3 times ive ridden with you guys someone's broken an arm! WTF am i a bad luck charm.

Healing vibes from here and hope to see you back on a bike soon. The xray doesn't show the bone that badly displaced so should heal up like a treat - so im told ;)

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Author:  Damo [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:58 pm ]
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Mate that's one heck of a story. Sorry to hear about that. Was it the very last drop off you spilled on? My pal broke his leg on Friday over Thorndon and his mrs is expecting in 2 weeks...!
Author:  Jon [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:07 pm ]
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:shock: How did he do that Damo?
Author:  beardee [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:57 am ]
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Unlucky Martyn, healing vibes to you.

Good to meet everyone at cannock, great riding.

Big ta to PeakyPaul for guiding round the dark peaks, the best (half) day riding ever :D
Author:  Damo [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:58 am ]
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He was doing a run called the gully. Very fast with a bridge at the bottom going over a stream. He clipped the bridge handrail flipping him over the bars mate..nasty..! Brocken leg, scratched face, fat lip.(just like a night out in Romford). Ironicly, the bridge is called "dans bridge" as another mate did his Collar bone on it 2 yrs ago.
Author:  PeakyPaul [ Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:09 am ]
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It was a pleasure Chris.
See you up here again soon.
Author:  martyn748 [ Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:13 am ]
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Finally home last night.

Op went very well, but OMG i have never had pain like it. Had a full gereral, didnt feel too bad afterwards but that night Had morphine ever 2 hours and that only calmed it down..
A lot better now but still sore,
Cast to come off in 2 weeks then will be in wrist suport.

I didnt think the drop I came off was that big but just seen some footage!!! No wonder that hurt.

About to get the keys to my new house and get ready to move in over the weekend, Not easy whilst in plaster.
Author:  Jon [ Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:09 pm ]
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Cheers for the update buddy and heal up soon! Good luck with the move.
Author:  martyn748 [ Wed May 25, 2011 10:24 am ]
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5 weeks on and out of plaster :D, now got one of those velcro wrist suports.
Now got the long road to recovery and getting some movment back in to my wrist, Prob got about 2% movment at the moment so no riding for some time to come. :cry:
Got a bloody great scar, was much longer than expected and also an amzaing amount of metal work in there too, Wil get xrays soon.

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Author:  Noel [ Wed May 25, 2011 3:01 pm ]
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Give me a shout if you need any help with getting strength back mate.

Good luck! Looks like it was painful!
Author:  Beth [ Wed May 25, 2011 7:24 pm ]
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Ouch - looks painful! Glad to hear you're on the mend, good luck with the rehab!
Author:  Grin [ Fri May 27, 2011 10:49 am ]
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Speedy recovery fella, hope the house move went OK

Just posted a comment about nutrition on Beths 'new bike...'post about Oxylift and vitamin C. Seemed to work for me, I was desperate to try everything to heal quick. Actually ,I think I would add bluberries to that as well now.
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