At last I'm back on the road with a new car - mobile and independent once again - after more than five months.
It's a long story but the condensed version goes like this...
Last November I had a fall at work and damaged the nerves in my elbow,
making it impossible to make a cup of tea let alone drive.
Unfortunately this meant I missed the last couple of Pembrokeshire nursery
sheepdog trials. I had been running Corrie in the sweepstake classes and it
was doing us both good to be competing again.
Then in December, on the way to Gatwick airport to jet off for a snowy
holiday, my fiance and I were involved in a car crash. I wasn't driving - my
arm still wasn't up to it - so Lee was at the wheel of my car.
A bit of advice for everyone -­ try to avoid mad Land Rover drivers who pull
out in front of you on a dual carriageway when you're travelling at speed.
It isn't a nice experience.
So, basically I've been without a car since then.
Living in a rural county like Pembrokeshire, people rely on their vehicles
and I have been lost without one.
I have been able to use my fiance's car at weekends, but being a cabriolet
it's not exactly practical for sheepdogs or travelling to sheepdog trials.
Happily I picked up my shiny new car this week and it has ample room for the
dogs, my wellies, waterproofs and crook.
Now I just need to get back in training with Corrrie and hopefully we'll
both be back up to speed.