After a couple of nights in hospital, the ankle has now been pinned together!

Seven weeks in plaster will follow and no weight bearing allowed.

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No, I’m not talking about rice crispies! Those are the sounds that my ankle made as I came off my land windsurfer at speed (a kind of mountain board with a sail).

The net result was a badly damaged ankle; visibly dislocated, torn ligaments (no doubt) and 3 breaks (two obvious ones in the fibula and a broken-off ankle bone at the bottom of the tibia). Apparently the medical term is a Weber-C fracture and several doctors seemed particularly interested in it!