Thanks to all for the warm welcome. The metal plate in the wrist is likely to leave it permanently stiff but it should be usable eventually for raising the odd glass of vino! Go to the fracture clinic on Tuesday where I hope they can tell me they did a good job and offer to take out the stitches. I am months away from being anything like normal apparently but time will heal I expect. B****y painful at the moment though. I am based in Essex where yesterday and today it has been glorious. We got all the runner beans in and the first lot of salad stuff planted out and I have planted up my hanging baskets with tumbling toms. I had my first little pickings of lettuce tonight and I felt very proud of myself. Next job the front flower beds but I'm a bit too sore at the moment to even think of it so tomorrow is an out and about day away from the garden. Keep up the good work everyone