Thank god I am finally blogging back on my I Mac
and not trying to blog from my I phone! We have been away for just over a week
and had a wonderful time. I have so many stories and reviews to share. However
an incident that happened on Sunday has taken precedence over it all.
We have been to CenterParcs, Woburn forest. I will
add a review of our wonderful time there later.
We had bicycles for our stay, as our lodge was quite far out. Living on a country road, Joe doesn't get the
opportunity to ride his bike outside alone. People drive like maniacs on our
road so I do not feel it is safe. He has
to wait for family walks to ride his bike.
When they got the bikes they argued that as there
were no cars on the road at Center Parks, they did not want to wear their crash
helmets. However I was insistent they wore them. And must say I was quite
surprised at how many children and teens were not wearing helmets. I felt like
maybe I was overacting a tad, but decided to stick to my guns. You hear to many
horror stories don't you?
Joe loved the freedom of being able to ride around
the village with Jack and thoroughly enjoyed every minute. On Sunday night we
had visited the lodge of our good friends the Gibbons Family for a BBQ. We had
a lovely evening, even though there is a huge age gap between our oldest and
youngest children, they all get on so well.
They had decided to go off on a bike ride, they went
off laughing and smiling and as we sat discussing how wonderful it is that they
all get on so well. Then suddenly Jack burst in the lodge shouting Joe had had an accident. I
ran to where he was, I could hear his screaming, when I got to him he was
dripping with blood, now I have got better with blood over the years due to
Jacks injections. But wounds make me feel a bit queasy. Fortunately Theresa is
a nurse so was able to take a good look at him and dress his wounds. He
has a graze on his eye, a graze and bruise on his chin, two small puncture
wounds where he has taken the skin off the palm of his hands and a huge wound
on the back of his hand a bit like a large burn.
I would like to say a huge thank you to Theresa for patching Joe up and to CenterParcs guest services for sending someone to take us back to our lodge, when Joe was in no fit state to ride his bike or walk.
Oh gosh, how scary! So glad to hear he is okay and I hope the cuts and grazes heal quickly for him. Thank god for the crash helmet! x
ReplyDeleteThanks Shay, I know its just goes to show how important helmets are x
DeletePoor lad good job for helmets x
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa I know!! If i am being honest Joe is not turning out to be the easiest patient. But at least he is relatively ok x
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