At the moment, when we think about our personal safety, we think of hand gel & face masks.
So it took
me by surprise to find myself lying flat on my back at the bottom of some steps. Nigel and I were having a half term break, walking
near Falmouth. My boots were very muddy
and when I spotted the steps, I thought I’d go down to the river to get the
worst off. I noted with interest the strongly
built home-made handrail. However, I did
not hold onto it. I realised only as I
described an arc through the air that this rail had been a sign that the steps
were extremely slippery.
It had all
happened so quickly that Nigel thought I had disappeared into thin air.
‘I’m down
here’ I called, hollowly.
Bruise on
bottom and on elbow.
Two days
later, we walked from Malpas along the Tresillian River. I was now much more alert and successfully negotiated
at speed a narrow path slick with puddles, lumpy with tree roots and blocked by
fallen pines.
On the way
back, I decided to use the public loo at St Clements. Set on a level concrete platform, it should
have presented no hazard. However as I
turned sharply to enter, I felt the now familiar sensation of flying through
the air.
On close
inspection (eye level, in fact) I could see the area was covered in green algae
and was beyond slippery.
Bruise on
knee and same elbow.
This time
Nigel was at hand to haul me to my feet.
‘At least
the last fall was sort-of wholesome and open-air,’ he opined, ‘Not like this
time - slipping in toilet slime.’
Which I
believe is known as ‘adding insult to injury.’
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