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Two years into my RAF service as an armourer, whilst serving at RAF Marham, I was involved in a motorbike accident in May 1984 and I suffered major leg and arm trauma. I was told that I would never walk again or be able to move or feel my arm, both right leg and arm were to be amputated. I refused to accept this and was fortunately transferred to RAF Hospital Ely where a different approach was initiated. I recovered and continued to serve, interspersed with surgery, for twenty more years until 2005. After leaving the RAF I continued to have essential surgery until 2010.
In 2012 I moved to Cumbria and took up fell walking, completing the 214 Wainwrights in June 2018, all using a leg that I was told I would never walk on again. In August 2014 I took up road cycling with the purpose of strengthening my knee so I could walk the fells more easily, I have however discovered a love of cycling, particularly in Cumbria, recently clocking up my 10,000th mile.
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Mike Fox