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Last Friday, 4th, I broke my right collar bone and on Tuesday I went to Vernon to see a consultant that I had been referred to. As per how these things seem to go for me, I ended up seeing two and having a third involved as well. The first consultant, on Tuesday, was incredibly busy - he saw 75 patients that day, which goes a little way to excusing him for the way things went. He told me he thought I needed surgery and I could book with him or (as he was just leaving on holiday) a colleague, and to get in touch with his secretary. After lots of back and forth between his secretary and my travel insurance company nothing was getting sorted. On Wednesday I spoke to a colleague of his who phoned another shoulder specialist, they conferred for a while and decided the best choice would not be to have surgery for now but to have another x-ray in 3 weeks and send it over for them to review. This decision was based on the fact that, despite the displacement of the two pieces of collar bone...

Was had today. It's snowed the last 2 days, and today it cleared up, giving us good weather AND lots of fresh snow! I was too busy boarding to take photos, but I had a lot of fun. The morning was spent riding with my friend Anne and her husband, Tim, the afternoon with a colleague. We hit drops, fresh powder in bowls, fresh powder in trees and almost got a virgin run down a piste. With an 8am start, we finished on the mountain at 2pm and were knackered, but somehow I still made it along to a mini bouldering session with a friend this evening! Now I am tired and tomorrow I will be sore, but today was epic! Days like these are why we lead the life we lead.