But seriously, it is not so bad as it sounds, I have sprained my ankle, no broken bones, just the soft tissue is swollen. And to think I got it by falling on asphalt BEFORE the first riding day of the trail!!!

Just how dumb CAN you be?? I did fall down once when my horse accidentally put his nose into an electric wire and just disappeared from underneath me. I fell sideways against a fence pole and knocked down a couple of meters of the fence itself...Did not suffer any other injuries than just some cratches, my glasses were also intact hanging from a tree branch. We just chased my horse back, up I went again and when we got back to the stables I just told the folks I was shaken, not stirred. Which was true, I kept waiting for the chock to hit me later, but it never came.

Sorry Soniks, this has nothing to do with motorbiking, except perhaps that been there done all this on a motorbike too, years ago...

More on the missing luggage and other devious adventures in another topic, hang on ladies & gents...

Anne