Could I, through the blog, thank everyone for the help and good wishes especially Brian and Jenny for taking plenty of photos of my pothole before and after the tide went out! And washing my cycling gear. So pleased to hear your are back home. I hope those plates are titanium, nothing less will do for a bikie! He was riding with Jim and Wendy Mears and Brain Wright when he hit a puddle containing a deep pot hole.
Fortunately Ian was going very slowly at the time or the ramifications would have been far worse. I understand that he underwent surgery last night to insert plates around the broken bones. He is currently in Wexham Park Hospital and may be discharged later this week if all goes well. Over the course of this week our Willesden club mates will be travelling to all corners of the world.
Karl is setting off on a tour of the Far East where he intends to notch up over 3,km on his bike. He is starting in Bangkok where he and his bike will spend a few days recovering from the ordeal of the baggage handlers. The 12th century temples at Angkor Wat are spread out over an area of some 40 miles, so the bike will be dead handy.
The next km leg will take Karl to Phnom Pen and eventually into Vietnam. He is planning to stay five days in Ho Chi Minh the only capital to be named after a chef, apparently before embarking on a km tour up the coast and then inland to the hills at Da Lat. When he returns to Ho Chi Minh he will then take the ferry back up the mighty Mekong to rejoin his route at Phnom Pen.
He should be back in Thailand by early March. Karl is taking a few Audax brevet cards in his back pocket, so that he can rattle off a quick km DIY Permanent ride in each of the countries he will be visiting. That should puzzle the adjudicators back at Audax UK! This weekend also sees Hilary head out to the frozen wastes of Sakhalin Island, just off the coast of Siberia, where she will be working for the next two years.
