She hit the ground hard!!!

My poor Fernie, on her second practical, where she did really well by riding and controlling the bike. She got advanced to move onto the main circuit instead of the baby circuit for beginners. I believe she did better than the guys who were in the same class.

However, in her first round after the first corner, her group of 3 riders entered the 2nd corner and only to realise that 2 came out of it. Someone did not emerge.... and i was praying to it was not her, my wife!

But after keeping my fingers crossed... alas it was really her. I noticed a frantic dash to the fallen rider by her instructor whom i do not find any fault with nor with the instructors present. They helped her out and also checked that she was fine to continue. It was Fernie who insisted even after falling HARD on her right shoulder that she wanted to continue.

I watched her as she rode by and she looked fine though a little flustered.,,, the second round she came by i noticed that her nose was reds and her eyes were watery.... but she pressed on. OMG... this girl is really strong and even in pain she decides to continue. Talk about the perserverance and determination she has!!

When the lesson ended, many instructors came by and spoke with me and Fernie and checking that she is fine. I asked her if she is well and if her arm/ shoulder could be raised and she insisted she was fine.

She did cry and poured her heart and fear out to me.... i could only give her words of encouragements and held her close to me. ***Poor Girl**** she must have been traumatised!!

*************I remember falling on the third day i got my Class 2B bike where i scrapped my knuckles, arms. knees, wrists..... i remember picking myself up and the bike and riding in the cold night wind with sand and gravel in my open wounds. The wind blew with a piercing pain onto my arms and knuckles. I went straight to a Petrol kiosk to wash off the gravel but some were still stuck in the fresh open wound...only then i dared to call my parents to tell them what has happened.***************

Back to my wife, she cried all the way home while on my bike and i could understand why. She is definately scared.... i was thinking in my heart that this could be the last i am taking her for bike lessons. But i would let her decide on this and not push her in anyway...... if she doesnt want to continue... then she wont continue. It is her decision.

It was confirmed by another instructor of what happened and also confirmed by Fernie, she was not looking far in the distance but she concentrated her line of sight onto a curb and naturally, she rode towards it. Being scared and new to riding, she jammed her front brakes resulting in a locked front wheel which sent the front sliding. btw the rest of the other intructors thought that she was on lesson three!!

I really think she has done extremely well in the lessons so far and was very very brave of her to continue her riding even after her fall.

Just for the records she has a huge shoulder scrape, her right knee has six bruises...Orr Chnee.... on her left thigh a huge blue black the size of a cashcard. Bleah.

I really felt for her but she has decided that she wants to continue with her lessons. She said it herself that she wants to overcome this fear of that corner and wants to "beat" it and challenges herself to complete this riding course and get her license!!

As i type this she is reading up on the course for practical lessons...so she knows what to expect.

BTW..... she passed her Practical 1.02 even when she fell..... what she was doing on the main course was actually Practical 1.03~~~~!!!! She'll be taking that soon!