Clumsy Cut

Not that getting a picture was a priority, but the camera was sat right there so took a couple of shots. As you might be able to tell from the colour of the water running off, it was pretty nasty to be honest and was bleeding rather heavily. Without the water running this picture would have just been a red blob!

After being under the tap for a while it eventually stopped bleeding when bent, so put on some gauze and taped it up. Annoyingly I then bashed it while packing the car at Whisperers and it oozed blood for a while through said dressing and tape.

Got the medics at the Mont to dress it properly that arvo, but not before they insisted on straightening the finger out and rubbing away inside the wound to 'clean it'. Sounds bad, but this was nothing compared to other methods of torture they have at their disposal as I would discover Saturday morning.

As for riding with such an injury? Braking not a problem, but gripping the bar was. Ring/little finger had to work overtime on this hand leading to nasty cramping feeling in left forearm.

Worst of all though were the bumps. As you can imagine this finger was a bit tender and every bump, no matter how tiny gave it another tap against the bar grip. The longer I was riding for, the more sensitive the thing became and the more painful each knock was. One lap was bearable on it's own, but on my double dusk/night ride the second lap made for an hour plus of constant jabbing which was pure agony.

Thankfully, once off the bike the tenderness would subside - stuck to single laps after that!