Holiday in Borth ends in trip to hospital
Bank holiday Monday dawned a little overcast so instead of waiting for Jay and his clan to arise from their tent, Anna, Morgan and I made a trip into Aberystwyth to do some shopping and planned to meet them later in the afternoon. 3pm came around and there was no sign of them so I went off for a mountain bike ride around the Summit Trail at Nant-yr-Arian, but just before I left we Anna had a slightly cryptic message from Jennie saying that hey were at the hospital… Something to do with Jay being sick and Jennie’s elbow. There was little we could do so I went for my bike ride and when I got back jay and his clan were at the house.
It turns out that during the night Jay had got up and somehow knocked his head on Jennie’s elbow and concussed himself! he didn’t feel well all day and apparently when he went dizzy, couldn’t see properly and went numb down one side Jennie decided it was time to get him to the hospital and tried phoning us… At the time we were driving back through Borth so were probably only a hundred yards or so from them, but we missed the call as we weren’t at home, so Jay ended up having to drive to the hospital despite not being able to see properly.
At the hospital they wanted to keep him in for 24-48 hours, but after a few hours Jay discharged himself and drove back to our house, which apparently took them about an hour. Really he should have stayed there, but we couldn’t even persuade him to stay at our house overnight and in the end he drove all the way home to Bristol… They did make it OK though and the fact that he has e-mailed me today presumably means that he is OK… But it just goes to show how dangerous camping at Borth can be!… At least it can if you are sharing a tent with Jennies elbow.
