The TCT goes for dinner at the excellent Poolehall Café   -   little did I know that this would be my last ride for a good while.

Monday's first job was getting the puncture on the TCT fixed.

Then it was up to the Stone Cross for a curry.

Tuesday and it was dinner at the Poolehall Café

I can see this place being even more popular than the Food Stop was

Wednesday and it all went tits up.

Extreme pain, and I mean *EXTREME* pain in the left hip

I couldn't so much as move - 999 and an ambulance to the new hospital in Smethwick.

Thursday and no matter what, they couldn't stop the pain.

Friday - and the rest of the week up until Christmas day was spent having various tests and the like to see what had gone wrong.