week in the UK back to Dublin via a 17 hour Coach followed by a days work and at last the opportunity to be reunited with my boat but in my haste in getting to the river drove to the get in, Instead of walking, while stepping off the wheel of my van managed to find a unfortunately placed pot hole in the road which my ankle did not agree with so within minutes my ankle proceeeded to swell up like a balloon and no boating for me.
after a week of little use and gentle training to find out if I could paddle up came nationals this was probably my most stupid idea in a long time as my cankle as it now looked was still swollen and no sign of going down but what the heck, Off I went and unsuprisingly paddled like a newbie tentative and flushy. not a great comp for me any means. but well done to the organisers for organising water in the dry spell we've had was great to have so many boaters in Limerick for a comp!! a short hospital visit (2 weeks after the injury) confimed that it was infact not broken but I had torn ligaments and should probably take it easy for a few weeks...........
