message from tt stu - UPDATED 10/09/05
 

I have been asked by TT Stu to inform you that his Ducati 999 is no more!!!

My name is Hayley and I am TT Stu's P.A. at work and a fellow biker outside of work ('93 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade)

I met up with him on a slightly overcast Thursday evening (25 August) at Hunters Lodge, Wincanton. We had the usual biker chats whilst wandering the car park eyeing up all the two wheeled beauties.

The clouds in the sky were getting nearer and darker so the car park emptied quickly! We decided to make our way home too, together with another work colleague and my boyfriend.

We went through Wincanton town centre taking the A371 toward Castle Cary. Our engines were just starting to warm as were our tyres. The four of us stayed close together Stu was leading, I was 2nd with the other two following we were flowing round the bends. Then, just coming up to a left hand bend we saw the tanker going in the opposite direction and Stu getting too close for comfort!!!

There was nothing we could do, he was banked over into the corner but not enough to stop him from having a very near head on with the tanker. BANG - The bike breaks up into a million pieces, just like a party popper, Stu, narrowly missing me, fly's in front of me towards the hedge. I ride through a shower of Ducati with something getting caught in my front wheel, which, after giving me my first tank slapper experiene, works its way loose and I come to a halt up the road.

Stu was upsidedown in the hedge, surprised and relieved to hear that he was alive and screaming in pain he was taken to Frenchay by Air Ambulance.

Extremely lucky to still be alive he has a broken femur and collar bone and lacerations to his upper arm and foot.

Thankfully he was wearing all the right gear as he had a boot riped off, which would of otherwise been his foot, and the paramedic said it was only his leathers that was holding his leg together!!

Stu has now been moved to Taunton where he is doing well, everything is healing as it should and he is appreciating the fact that he is still alive.

I will print off any replys/comments to this and pass them onto him. I'm sure he would be pleased to hear from you.

Ride safely...you can't enjoy your bike from a hospital bed!

Hayley x

[Edited on 10-9-2005 by ttstu]

[Edited on 10-9-2005 by ttstu]

Damn, that's not good news at all, I've just bought a few things off Stu too!

Hayley, send him my regards, please keep us updated on his progress

Jon

:barfy: DOH! Get well soon..remember what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!!

Hayley,
Sorry to hear of Stu's misfortunes ,Hope somebody collered the tanker driver.
Wish him a speedy recovery ,i know it may seem odd but it sounds like he was very lucky.
Butch

blimey!!!
 

Sorry to hear about your spill - if you need any help - I live in Glastonbury - you can call me anytime.

Good Luck and hope that you heal soon.

Khushy
07966 454874

Holy sh....

Sounds like you all escaped that one by a whisker. Left handers eh....I've never liked 'em much, there's always that little voice saying "if you run wide old son..."

Get well soon

:o

Hayley,

Please pass on our best wishes and GET WELL SOON mate.

Richard, Christine & Sons.

Stu!:o:o

you poor sod!

We will def make a detour, when we come down to the west country in a couple of weeks time, as obviously you wont be able to make the rideout now!

Take the time you need to mend mate,

All the best

Charlotte & Alan:)

edited to add: maybe Age 996 can help us organise some termi music - as we will be about an hours ride from Taunton

[Edited on 5-9-2005 by CK and AK]

Ferking hell! And there he was trying to sell the bloody thing!

Thank God he's still alive, all the best mate.

Crikey, thats terrible news!!

Get well soon Stu. Thank god you're ok (ish).

Take care fella

Dom

Blood and Sand!
 

... met Stu on the trip to Weston - great guy, give him my best please Hayley. He lives to ride another day thank God :)

Get well soon Stu and speedy recovery.
guest1
Howsabout a ward name/number so peeps can send a card? Just a thought.


[Edited on 5-9-2005 by guest1]

Get well soon Stu.

Rgds, Rob

GWS:)

[Edited on 5-9-2005 by bradders]

sorry to hear of your off
sounds like you are pretty bashed up
but than god it wasn't any worse
hopeing you make a full recovery
and that the healing isn't to painfull
Glyn

Hayley,

All my very best wishes go to Stu, with hopes for a speedy recovery. I met him on the Weston ride out in July, only to end up in a hedge half an hour later. I was very grateful for his help then, and am so glad that although clearly nasty, this incident wasn't worse for him.

Dave

:rolleye:Bloody hell,hope you get well soon,remember the nurses like innuendo:rolleye:

DOH

Sorry to hear of your missfortune stu :( Hope you get beter soon mate.

If there is anything I can do give us a bell he has my mob number and I am only in wellington.

CK I have no rythum but I can make LOTS of NOISE:lol::lol::lol:

Jeeeez :( Hope you get well soon stu , Keep your chin up m8 .


Paul

Thank God you were wearing the right clothing. I hope they got the tanker driver.

I've never you ttstu but as one biker and Ducatisti to another get well soon;)

stu, sorry to hear the bad news but hopefully its all stuff that will mend in time. keep your chin up. we're all thinking of you.

Only met Stu once on the Cheddar ride-out, get well soon M8

Roy

:sing:Thanks for all your support for Stu, I rang him yesterday and made him chuckle with some of your replys.

Here is the address for the hospital he's in as some of you have mentioned sending cards etc.

Steuart Saunders
Gould Ward
Taunton & Somerset Hospital
Musgrove Park
TAUNTON
Somerset
TA1 5DA

Age996 - Let me know if you want to detor your next trip to Taunton as CK suggested. It would be good to meet you all there and I can let you know if he's still in the same ward etc.

Catch yas l8tas

Hayley;)

I'll go get an insulting card of sorts:P

and bring it to Brands on Sunday, if anyone wants to put a paw print on it before we send it off:D

C

Sorry to hear your woe!
 

Get well soon Stu, thank you for keeping us in touch Hayley.

Get well soon mate .....

Stu Thank god i got the Termis off you 2 weeks ago, hehe.

Hope you make a Full recovery buddy !!

/ian

Get well soon, dude,

Mike (the mole)

:rodent:

Hi Hayley I will try to pop in over weekend and see him,

Age

hi all
i'm typing this from my hospital bed, don't ask how!

Thanks for your kind words.

I broke my femur and have had a rod inserted through the hip. I broke my collar bone which is being plated on Tuesday next week. I've severed two tendons and an artery in my right foot and almost severed the main artery in my bicep.. Stopped just short!

I have also damaged the crushiate ligament in my knee and am awaiting an mri scan on it.

Apart from the collar bone I seem to be repairing well with most the bruising now gone. I will be in hospital for a further two weeks.

Rehab wil take many more months even without any setbacks.

ruth is I shouldn't be alive now and if I was lying here with a limb missing I'd still be counting myself lucky, so to get away with these injuries is a miracle.

When the police went round to tell my wife they told her I was probably going to die! You can imagine what she has been thru'.

Take it easy all.

BFN

Glad to hear you are on mend Stu, lucky in deed by the sounds of things.

Hope the rehab goes well.

Cheers, Roy

When the police went round to tell my wife they told her I was probably going to die! You can imagine what she has been thru'.

(must have been the Two from Little Britain)

Take it easy all.

( you take it easy man, and well done for making it through )

Good luck with your mending and best wishes to your friends and family.

saint:

Hi stu

I will try to get in to see you, I was trying to do so this weekend but can't make it.

hope the nurses give you a nice bed bath mate :D:D

take care

Age

Stu - you dont need me to tell you, that you are a dipstick:P - but you are of course!:lol:

We'll do our very best to pop in this coming Sat on our way to Cornwall.
Anything you need? ;):lol: (tho dont listen out for termis - the bikes will be hidden in the van, as I think we are taking 3 of them now:o

C:ninja:

Hi CK

I'll keep you posted on my progress. Having op on Tuesday. Will be a couple of days before they try and get me walking again I guess. I'd like to be home for the weekend but history tells me that may be wishfull thinking!

Hope to see you anyway.

Thoughts are with you,

Moley

best wishes & get well soon

chris

:(

Stu/Hayley - any news on how the op went yesterday?:puzzled:

Looks like we will be popping in for lunch on Sat, but let me know if you are moving before then mate!:lol:

C:)

Went well but bloody painfull. Had to rebreak it and sep. to put back straight and then plate it. It's by far the most pain I've been in so far.

Thanks for the cards they are really appreciated.

I'l keep you posted.

there is talk of being sent home on Friday.