Just for my own record, sorry to the squeamish! Photo of bruising taken on 26th by my daughter, it probably looks more purple now.

The back of my head has a bit of a vertical ridge and is very sore obviously, although I did manage to wash my hair this morning. I wanted reassurance that I was okay, skulls are important, so I got up early and set off for the hospital, walking it since I've been too many days with no exercise. Unfortunately it began raining really hard so I got on the bus, having to pay as it was too early for my bus pass!

In A&E I was seen fairly quickly, possibly because of head injury + age, by a lovely Nurse Practitioner. She explained everything very well and I'm a lot wiser. I did feel that I was a bit of a time waster, but peace of mind is worth a lot and I wouldn't say that I'm a hypochondriac. I walked home as the rain had stopped, so exercise done. A relaxing rest of the day.

The moral of the story is, don't go ice skating if you're 70 and haven't done it for 40 years!

3.27 miles