Thames Traditional Boat Festival - 14th - 16th July - Steam powered craft.

[Sloughwriter]

Hi. Do you have a 'steam-powered' boat and are attending the Thames Traditional Boat Festival from 14th to 16th July 2023? I'm a disabled writer based in Slough and, if you are, I'd love to hear from you. Please email me at sloughwriter[at]gmail.com . I look forward to hearing from you. Richard www.richardhill.co.uk

[Sloughwriter]

Hi. I went to the Thames Traditional Boat Festival to cover the event for four magazines. Things didn't quite go to plan. I'd only been there an hour when I tripped over and fell on a concrete pontoon. I fractured my femur and had to have a titanium rod and nails inserted in my thigh. After months confined to bed, I'm still recovering and can only now take a few short slow steps with the aid of a walking frame/stick. I'll be much more careful next time. Thank you to all onlookers at the TTBF who came to my aid including the 'first responders' who happened to be nearby.

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1 hour ago, Sloughwriter said:

Hi. I went to the Thames Traditional Boat Festival to cover the event for four magazines. Things didn't quite go to plan. I'd only been there an hour when I tripped over and fell on a concrete pontoon. I fractured my femur and had to have a titanium rod and nails inserted in my thigh. After months confined to bed, I'm still recovering and can only now take a few short slow steps with the aid of a walking frame/stick. I'll be much more careful next time. Thank you to all onlookers at the TTBF who came to my aid including the 'first responders' who happened to be nearby.

I hope they were screws, not nails! Otherwise, wishing you a speedy and ongoing recovery.

[Derek R.]

I have a titanium Kunchner nail in my femur, put there in 1966. Should have come out in '68, but enthusiastic activities bent both 'nail' and bone. Still in there 57yrs later. Give the bone time to knit together well!