I don’t know what happened 😕 I was found unconscious on the adventure ride at Hanmer on a farm trail on Saturday morning, barely 60 kms into the ride! I can only remember waking up in hospital some hours later. Yes I did get a helicopter ride, but can’t remember it or the ambulance ride at all. Broke my right shoulder and dislocated it as well. Took them a couple of attempts to put it back in and the break has aligned well, but off for another x-ray and check tomorrow to see if it is staying put, otherwise surgery is on the cards. Have a spectacular set of bruises now appearing on shoulder, arm and my right ankle, which somehow I managed to sprain and some spectacular gravel rash up the arm where my jacket rode up. Lesson learnt is that it pays to buy good gear, I believe that it certainly saved some more serious gravel burn etc, and never ride alone. I dropped off the back of one group after stopping to open a gate??, but after that it’s all a mystery. Reports from riders are that I was found unconscious about 10 minutes after my group had gone through. I flew home on Wednesday afternoon in the company of my brother-in-law, as I was not allowed to fly alone. Barb got the job of towing the trailer and bike back from Hanmer, which she did over Monday/Tuesday. She dropped the bike off at Experience so we are now waiting the assessor to do his thing. It looks as though a few new panels and front forks/handle bars and a new bike suit and helmet for me.I may be down but not out - not yet anyway
