I have posted this on a camping forum I use so anybody who sees it in both don't worry.
I am feeling too jubilant about it to shut the F**K up
12 years ago to the day (15th April 1996) I set off from my house in Suffolk on my 1200cc motobike to ride to work in Essex. I didn't get to work and came out of the coma a week or so later!! I can remember hearing the doctor say to my wife "I think we're going to lose him if he bleeds from the brain much more" and not feeling bothered by it. I lost wife, House, Job and many other things as a result of that day and I am still unwell with the after effects that will never go away.
BUT... 15 months in a wheelchair, 2 years on crutches, 1 year with 2 walking sticks and now I just use 1 stick most of the time, not always.
As a special anniversary present my brother, Nephew and I are going to take our bikes out to Keswick and do a nice off road trail to the mining museum in Threlkeld and back again. BECAUSE I CAN!"
Dear Fate, I am still here
DID IT IN THE SUNSHINE!