Our mate and trail riding god - Dave (victor on this forum) took a bit of a tumble yesterday on Salisbury Plain, looks like he might have done a couple of ribs.
It was a daft off, riding up an unassuming clay rut, it was unusual as its only the second time ive seen a badger moment from him in 7 years, you would need a serious calculation to work out how many times he's picked my bike off the deck in this time
GELL WELL SOON MATE, dtrf would not be what it is with out boys like you!
I was riding behind Dave with Butty on his new KTM Freeride between us.
I'd been thinking that it would be good to see if I could move up a place to watch the master in action. Before this could happen I was gobsmacked to see Dave cartwheeling off his bike .
Dave stayed down so I'm afraid to say I ignored the 1st rule of DTRFG*
& checked him out.
He appeared to be only winded so Kev (Butty) & I got his bike up. We all took off helmets etc & gave Dave a moment or two to get his breath back but it soon became apparent he'd hurt himself more than it first seemed.
Remembering the advice of our resident Paramedic (Lost) at one of his first aid demo's I gave Dave a couple of paracetamol.
Looking at the ground it was clear that Dave had been riding on the central 'hump' on the white chalky lane. You could see where the front washed out to the left & slid into the rut. Standing around showed what we'd known all day, it was bloody slippery.
It was obvious Dave couldn't continue the ride (time was getting on anyway) but he was happy to ride tarmac back to the vans.
Run leader Keith went with him & the rest of us continued tha last few lanes without incident.
Once back Dave seemed happy enough but I offered to drive him back, an offer accepted.
The A303 closed near Longleat led to a big diversion down some small country lanes which was not what we wanted at all. We made good time though & just past Honiton it was agreed Dave would drive himself from there.
Steve (L'orange), my ride up, had been with us all the way & took me from here with the promise from Dave that if he had any difficulty at all he'd stop before our turn off so I could drive again. This wasn't necessary.
I'm really pleased to report that Dave went to hospital today to get checked over & he 'only' has severe bruising, nothing broken. The man is not only a riding god but is tough as old boots as well .