Oopsadaisy: Pothole
Jun. 16th, 2008 08:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheAbout ten o'clock this morning I was trikling the girls around town and looking for the bike racks that used to be by the town hall; some were obscured by building-site hoarding and some by illegally parked vans and cars, so I went around the corner by the town hall, towards the Forbury, and found that there aren't any on that street either and I'd just decided the hell with it, I'll turn back and lock up at some railings, there's nothing coming either way, when my U-turn met a long, narrow pothole / poorly reparied road surface and the trike went over on its side.
Ow.
The girls were utterly unhurt and their safety straps stayed put. Their helmets stayed put. Emer's helmet came into contact with something and has a tiny dent so will need to be replaced, but in general they are fine. Emer didn't like Linnea's weight bearing down on her side like that at all. Linnea wasn't all that keen on it either. Several men appeared from nowhere (perhaps from the illegally parked cars?) and picked us up and were very very concerned, and a museum employee on his way to the town hall anyway walked us to the main entrance and got us permission to park the trike in the lobby, so I was able to bring the girls to their art session at the Jelly Legg'd Chicken. That same man followed me in later with a cup of coffee with sugar. For which I didn't pay; he was lovely.
Two conversations:
Random Helpful Man: "Is the bike ok?"
Linnea, sideways in the overturned trike: "Ascuse me, it's not a bike, it's a trike."
Ailbhe: [helpless hysterical laughter]
Museum employee who bought me coffee: "Here you go."
Linnea: "Ascuse me, my mummy doesn't like cow's milk, you must take those [UHT milk and creamer pots] away."
Ailbhe: [embarrassed hysterical laughter]
My leg was a bit hurt but I could walk on it ok so that was fine. We did painting and had a cup of tea and some biscuits and I checked the trike was ok to go and we cycled around to John Lewis, where we looked for a bike helmet and had lunch, and then I pushed the trike past the bike shop where I failed to get anyone's attention to sell me a bike helmet, and then I left the girls at nursery and cycled across town to my appointment near the hospital. That was a two-hour appointment, and by the end of it I couldn't stand.
So I called Rob to get the girls from nursery and I cycled the trike one-legged to the hospital around the corner and crawled and hopped from the drop-off parking to the A&E main entrance. I arrived there about 4:30 and by 6 pm I had painkillers, crutches, and some X-rays showing no serious damage to my knee. I wrenched it a bit when I was counterbalancing the toppling trike - which I did manage to slow down significantly! - but didn't do it any serious damage.
So now I'm minding two tiny tots while on crutches. I think if we leave the house I will HAVE to have Emer in a sling as I can't imagine managing a buggy with crutches and she's not able to walk with me without holding my hand.
Oh well. It's nice to know the trike is ok even if I turn it on its side with the children in it.
Ow.
The girls were utterly unhurt and their safety straps stayed put. Their helmets stayed put. Emer's helmet came into contact with something and has a tiny dent so will need to be replaced, but in general they are fine. Emer didn't like Linnea's weight bearing down on her side like that at all. Linnea wasn't all that keen on it either. Several men appeared from nowhere (perhaps from the illegally parked cars?) and picked us up and were very very concerned, and a museum employee on his way to the town hall anyway walked us to the main entrance and got us permission to park the trike in the lobby, so I was able to bring the girls to their art session at the Jelly Legg'd Chicken. That same man followed me in later with a cup of coffee with sugar. For which I didn't pay; he was lovely.
Two conversations:
Random Helpful Man: "Is the bike ok?"
Linnea, sideways in the overturned trike: "Ascuse me, it's not a bike, it's a trike."
Ailbhe: [helpless hysterical laughter]
Museum employee who bought me coffee: "Here you go."
Linnea: "Ascuse me, my mummy doesn't like cow's milk, you must take those [UHT milk and creamer pots] away."
Ailbhe: [embarrassed hysterical laughter]
My leg was a bit hurt but I could walk on it ok so that was fine. We did painting and had a cup of tea and some biscuits and I checked the trike was ok to go and we cycled around to John Lewis, where we looked for a bike helmet and had lunch, and then I pushed the trike past the bike shop where I failed to get anyone's attention to sell me a bike helmet, and then I left the girls at nursery and cycled across town to my appointment near the hospital. That was a two-hour appointment, and by the end of it I couldn't stand.
So I called Rob to get the girls from nursery and I cycled the trike one-legged to the hospital around the corner and crawled and hopped from the drop-off parking to the A&E main entrance. I arrived there about 4:30 and by 6 pm I had painkillers, crutches, and some X-rays showing no serious damage to my knee. I wrenched it a bit when I was counterbalancing the toppling trike - which I did manage to slow down significantly! - but didn't do it any serious damage.
So now I'm minding two tiny tots while on crutches. I think if we leave the house I will HAVE to have Emer in a sling as I can't imagine managing a buggy with crutches and she's not able to walk with me without holding my hand.
Oh well. It's nice to know the trike is ok even if I turn it on its side with the children in it.
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Date: 2008-06-16 08:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 08:05 pm (UTC)FWIW, I'm currently on crutches too (damned SPD) and I find that a loaded buggy gives enough support that I can manage without them. I couldn't imagine having a toddler in a sling or backpack because it would completely through my balance off.
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Date: 2008-06-16 08:09 pm (UTC)I can spell and use correct grammar, honestly.
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Date: 2008-06-16 08:13 pm (UTC)I will see whether a mei tai affects my balance but I'd be surprised, because in general it improves my posture and balance due to correct ab usage.
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Date: 2008-06-16 08:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 08:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 08:18 pm (UTC)N.
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Date: 2008-06-16 08:27 pm (UTC)And I love those conversation transcripts with Linnea defending/protecting you from the world. At least, that's how it reads to me. Very charming.
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Date: 2008-06-16 09:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 08:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 09:08 pm (UTC)In my experience, crutches and a buggy were completely incompatible, but I was lucky enough that when I snapped my ligament I had an 8 year old daughter happy to push the buggy for me! Once I was on the mend I found I could lean on the buggy and use it instead of the crutches, but that wouldn't have been possible straight away.
Love those conversations; I just read them out to Tim and we both chuckled :-)
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Date: 2008-06-16 09:09 pm (UTC)What kind of safety straps do you have in your trike? I'm now looking at ours with nervous thoughts.
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Date: 2008-06-16 09:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 09:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 09:28 pm (UTC)Do consider reporting the pothole to the powers that be so it can be fixed - once someone has been hurt, they really do have to leap into action.
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Date: 2008-06-16 10:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 09:42 pm (UTC)Although I adore Linnea's 'ascuse me' comments.
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Date: 2008-06-16 10:10 pm (UTC)Glad things weren't too bad, and that some people were nicely helpful :-)
from Alison
Date: 2008-06-16 10:45 pm (UTC)Ouch and ouch, sounds scary and painful. Glad the girls weren't too bothered by it though.
I'll see you in the morning - I could take Linnea rather than leave Lulah if that would help????
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