It just wasn't meant to be for me on day two of Cholmondeley Castle and to be honest I remember very little of the day. I know that Frankie did an ok dressage for 36.8 which was a disappointing mark. Then he jumped his little heart out show jumping and was clear over a track that very few did jump clear. Then cross country is a complete blur.... I remember setting off and everything seemed to be going well and then the next thing I remember is tugging at an oxygen mask on my face. It appears we suffered a rotational fall at fence 6 and as the Horse & Hound put it, it was a straight forward fence. To this day I don't really know why we came to grief but it happened. I'm pleased to say Frankie seems to be fairly unscathed and just had a few small grazes. I didn't get off quite so lightly, as you would expect after having 680kg of horse land on top of me. But considering I'm not to badly hurt. I have a fractured shoulder, bruised brain, bruised lungs, fractured skull and a very sore bum!!! I was told by one person that when he reached fence 6 where we had fallen, Frankie and I were lay back to back, me knocked out and Frankie winded. Luckily I had lots of support of site for a change that day. My boyfriend and his parents had come to watch and also a riding club friend, Lisa Cadman, who was able to take hold of Frankie and sort him out (big thank you Lisa xx) while I headed off to hospital in the chopper, fancy that getting to go in a helicopter and not being awake to enjoy the experience. It's now just over two weeks on and too be honest things aren't healing quite as quick as I'd hoped. My head is the main problem, my memory is terrible and it's like I'm living in a dream world. I've missed so much due to my fall, these include Burwarton Show on Dudley, the British Riding Club National Horse Trials Championships on Percy and Florence, Bold Heath on Dudley and now I've just withdrawn from Somerford Park Internstional CIC** on Frankie for this week end. People are telling me to take it easy and enjoy the rest but for someone like me that's a busy little bee that's easier said then done. Frustrated and disappointed is how I'm feeling right now, but one thing that I am really pleased about is that Frankie has come home in one piece. Although we've had a little moment out there on the cross country he is still my little treasure and I love him lots and lots. :-)