Full Metal Wheelbarrow

Did I mention that Rob cut his finger when we racing at Lancaster last week?

He felt something dragging under the bike on the start line, reached down to see what it was - and found it was a gear cable, whose outer plastic case had scraped off and which sliced his finger, causing considerable gore.

Anyway, it seemed to heal up quite well, until this weekend when we noticed the cut finger was swollen and hot. We tried soaking it in hot salty water several times over the weekend, but to no avail, so this evening, on the suggestion of the nice receptionist at our local doc, I took him to the new Walk-In Centre at what used to be the Derby Royal Infirmary, but is now the London Road Community Hospital (no, I have no clue...). He's been issued with antibiotics like small boulders, which will hopefully send the nasty bugs packing and told to see his GP if he's no better in 48 hours.

I have to say the Walk-In centre was excellent - everybody was nice and helpful and he was seen within a few minutes. The nice nurse seemed quite surprised than a man who uses a white stick to walk had to pay for his prescriptions though, which struck me as a tad ableist, albeit probably not consciously so.