My MTB family holiday snaps!

[Veronica]

Wow! I want to go there! Looks like a blast, but you have to explain the how the girls got hurt. Did the one with the face owie ride after getting hurt?

V.

[Polly]

HI Veronica...

My youngest daughter was coming down a steep rocky - cobbled trail, she was nearly at the bottom when she hit a bump/rock and she lost her grip of the bars - she then bounced forward off the bike and her face landed in my friend's back wheel - the spokes cut her face and she had six stitches (and half the trail removed from the cut) she rode back to the chalet afterwards - and was out on her bike the next morning. It was 10 days ago now and there is barely a mark on her face to show her school friends!

The other daughter was coming down a downhill trail in Morzine - she jumped what she thought was a single jump to find it was a table top which she landed on awkwardly - fell off the side - arm went out to save her but she landed badly. She carried on riding too - it wasn't until the next afternoon that we took her to casualty and discovered she had a hairline fracture of the radius.

[Veronica]

Wow! That is terrific! I hope they never lose the spirit of adventure they seem to have.

V.