I was at about head height and reached behind for a hand hold. Unfortunately, once I’d committed to it, I heard it snap. I distinctly remember saying “oh botheration” (or something a bit like that but less PC) as I began my inevitable journey downwards. The tree has two main trunks (it’s really an overgrown bush) which I bounced between before landing in a heap on the lawn. I was winded and had a collection of bruises and grazes but it seems that I’m OK.
The day started really well with a sunny 8k trail run (hence the photo). I’d joined two previous routes together but I wasn’t sure of the bit linking the two (and the second part was backwards compared to when I ran it previously ran- it) but it worked out OK.
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I have to confess that given half a chance I still do things like climbing trees, rope ladders and nets, playing on swings, bouncing on trampolines etc. I also balance on logs when I go for walks and trail runs.
Signed, an idiot aged sixty-one-and three-quarters! 😜
I do too and I’m older than you 😀. I was playing out with the kids the other day. They wanted to go running around the lake, and then to the play park. We had a fab time 😀.
Our health insurer keeps sending me emails about "gentle chair-based yoga for the elderly" and similar and it just makes me cringe. Pigeon-holing or what?
For the moment, I have the privilege of being mobile and active, and I really resent the assumption that as soon as you hit 60 you become decrepit. I am so much my mother's daughter!
My great nephew has turned out for all my chilly November marathons, and run with me for the last few yards. This year he wants to run the last 6km lap with me and says he’s going to train for it. His little brother also ran over the line with me as well 🥰. We’re all running an event in a few weeks 🤗.
Lol the last time I fell out of a tree I must have been about 11! I still see some trees and think they’d be great to climb. Glad you seem ok, and well done on your trail run! 😊😊😊
Having reached 70 I am acutely aware of the fact that coming back from giving something something up can be very difficult; I understand the adventurous spirit. The only activity which has led to an A&E visit for me was being cleaned out by a low flying adolescent Old English Puppy which took me off at the knees in a burst of exuberance! Ok they did call an ambulance once when I had a tachycardia attack as a result of putting too much into butterfly stroke a few years back; I stick to the other three strokes now. Didn’t like butterfly much anyway! On the other hand I have picked up stuff in my sixties, including running and canoeing on large lakes; there are plenty of challenges out there.
That said, tree climbing has always failed my pre activity risk assessment! Too many latent hazards, including sound looking branches which turn out to be rotten to the core, and my strength weight ratio no longer being what it was. That activity is now outsourced to people who know what they are doing and are more likely to bounce if they do fall. There does come a time for all of us. It is not about giving things up; rather it is a question of saving ourselves for the stuff we really want to do …….😉
Glad you are OK Ski! You are safer on the trails than in the trees 😅. I on the other hand may be better in the trees since I tripped up on a root and went head over heels last week.
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Sandringham half marathon 
New Forest Half Marathon. Got the T shirt.
