Monday 16th June 2025.
On a 15km walk in temperatures of 33 degrees C we stopped for a coffee at an out of the way place we have known for years. Across the road was a yard with some machinery for sale. One vehicle was a Belorussian tractor.
After coffee I just had to get a photo but there was a metal fence between us which didn’t make for a good picture.
I climbed onto a wall which was less than a metre high so that I could get the camera above the fence. All good.
As I jumped down from the wall my hand stayed where it was. My 1860 family heirloom ring had got stuck on a spike on top of the fence. The pain was intense, I thought I was about to loose a finger or a least break a finger. Luckily the ring snapped and I reached the ground.
The ring and my finger was not pretty but I felt lucky and relieved that the damage was superficial and didn’t look like I needed a stich or two. A pharmacy was only a couple of km’s away so that’s where we went. It made the walk slightly longer but at least……….,,,,
I did get the tractor picture.
Wow! Good that there was at least the pharmacy, it looks nasty. I hope it heals up ok.
ReplyDeleteI have a gold ring fashioned into a sort of plaited design that came from my great-great-grandfather. The design is now wearing smooth and to stop further deterioration I stopped wearing it a few years ago.r
I got some fantastic antibacterial gel from the pharmacy. I cannot say I’ve seen it in the U.K.. It seals the wound like a second skin. As for the ring I will get it fixed whatever it costs and luckily we found the stone. I just hope the hall mark can be saved. I might just start wearing it on special occasions rather than everyday.
DeleteYOU were Lucky the ring had a narow band which snapped , back in the 1960's while at RAF St Athen, one of the guys cleaning the Barracks iron frame windows slipped wearing a wide band wedding ring which caught on the frame and pulled his finger off ! Dan from Teddy tour teas
ReplyDeleteWow, nice to hear from you Dan. Yes I was very lucky. The more I think about it. It could have been far more serious. The ring could have acted like a potato peeler and took the skin off to the bone. I thank my lucky stars the ring snapped.
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