[VC Walcot] Low in hospital after crash

[Russell George]

Hi Everyone,

Sorry to hear about Low. She is such a friendly person and v. welcoming on
club rides so its all the more sad to hear she is crook. I hope she is back
on her feet and bike soon.

On anothr subject, the Tour of Wessex is now open for registration. I've
done parts of this the past two years and am intending to do all three days.
Does anybody fancy teaming up for a VC walcot team effort? I'm not talking
about competition standard, I'd be happy to do the entire 329 miles in 24
hours, so a little bit faster than club ride pace but nothing spectacular.
There are lots of ridrs out of the road and plenty of opportunity to jump on
some fast groups for a bit of through and off. I hope to be out on the club
ride Sunday week, so if anyone is up for it perhaps we could talk then?

Here's to a speedy recovery for Low!

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Jeroen Weimar <jeroen at weimar.plus.com>wrote:

> Low
>
> Really sorry to hear that you took a tumble. Hope you are recovering well.
> Sorry I can't get down to see you as up in Yorkshire.
>
> All the best for speedy recovery
>
> Jeroen
>
> On 23 Jan 2011, at 21:30, John Stevenson <john.stevenson at futurenet.com>
> wrote:
>
>  > Low Smith took a bit of a tumble toward the end of today's club ride
> > and spent the afternoon in RUH.
> >
> > She hit a pothole on the A39 and went over the bars, losing
> > consciousness briefly and sustaining cuts and bruises to her face and
> > shoulder. She was taken by ambulance to RUH.
> >
> > As of this evening she was awake and lucid, but has no memory of the
> > crash. After examining her and doing a CT scan, the doctors decided to
> > keep her in RUH for observation for the next 48 hours, but stressed
> > this was a precaution and they are confident she will make a full
> > recovery.
> >
> > Those of you who know Low well will realise that being cooped up for
> > 48 hours will drive her buggy, so anyone who can pop in, please do so,
> > she'd love to see you.
> >
> > To everyone: be careful out there. The roads are trashed after the
> > cold weather and there are new holes appearing everywhere, in some
> > cases with water flowing over them making them practically invisible.
> > It was a dumb luck that Sam Eaton and I didn't hit the same hole.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > john
>
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