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The story unfolds as Bev is telling it (cos Paige had too much Morphine so I need to fill in her gaps!) - anyway, here goes:

As everyone will know, over 4 years ago, as I sat in my usual seat at Penshaw Equestrian Centre, our world seemed to end when Paige had an accident and came from her horse on just a regular Saturday afternoon.

She had been jumping cross country with her friends, doing nothing more than usual, having fun with their horses and playing in fields on the farm we have our horses liveried.  I stayed on the yard, cutting up carrots and apples for the horses' return and didnt worry one bit.  I received a call, from our friend Alix saying I should come to the field.  I can still remember, the pit in my stomach as myself and Claire

ran to the field... Paige was lying flat on the ground and so still... I couldnt work out if she was breathing or not from a distance. At this point, I can honestly tell you, my heart was shattered and at this point I did not make any sense in anything I said or did.

Upon arriving at the place Paige was lying, finding she was telling me her leg was broken, she had heard it break.  I could not accept this was true.  Around me - paramedics were called, her dad was contacted and I continued in my blind panic.  Some of the calls were made by Paige herself who was more collected than me.As the first paramedic arrived by car, up to the field where Paige was.  After initial diagnosis, backup was called and an ambulance arrived as close as possible to the accident site. 

Paige was now surrounded by professionals, attempting to calm her in the best way they could and reassure her she was going to be fine.  Meanwhile I was taken to one side to be told she had a 'compound fracture' - I actually remember thinking this was a relief (probably due to the fact I had no idea what this man meant)!

Due to the location of the accident and in order to reduce causing any more detrimental injury to Paige, the air ambulance was called out.  Paige by this time is getting more and more stressed and I was, in all honesty, not helping her.

The air ambulance appeared so quickly into view.  They landed, assessed the situation, the location of where Paige was but also taking into consideration of our home location for access to come and see Paige in hospital.  This tremendous team helped her so much as the enormity of there actual arrival had instilled more fear into her than anything else as she now realised the seriousness of her injuries.  I cannot describe how these people, all of them, settled and reassured Paige, in fact entertained her so that when the final decision was made not to take her by air as the closest hospital was not in a direction easy for our home.

In better, calmed spirits, actually laughing with the emergency services who were all attending to her, she was delicately carried down the field by numerous people who also liveried at the farm and all the emergency staff that had attended.  Even knowing the air ambulance was not to be used in this instance, they stayed to reassure Paige all the way through...

Once hospitalised, her care and recovery were handled admirably by Sunderland Royal but we never forgot the speed, efficiency and care given by the GNAA staff.  There were so many people who aided Paige along in her recovery. 

Since Paige's accident the GNAA have attended several other accidents in the surrounding locality of the farm we have our horses liveried.  They can get to such locations that are not easy for the regular emergency services and attend regularly to us people who insist on indulging in our dangerous hobbies.  Whether this be cycling, horse-riding, motorbiking .... we are all vulnerable and things could be so much worse were this amazing complement of professionals not there to help us in the remote locations we put ourselves into.

Please help Paige and I say thank you to them, please dig deep and find anything you can for these people... we do need them, desperately...