TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has revealed she was airlifted to hospital after slipping on a muddy path during a birthday walk on a Devon beach.
Allsopp, 55, was walking with her family from Welcombe Mouth beach, near Bude in North Devon, when she fell and injured her leg. The Location, Location, Location star shared pictures on Instagram of herself in hospital with scratches and tubes on her face, along with her leg elevated in a cast.
In an Instagram post, she said: “Almost every year since Oscar (her son) was born, we have celebrated my birthday at Meadowgate, one of my favourite places on earth."
She added: “We have a picnic on the beach at Welcombe Mouth, a swim and a walk back to the house for some cake. Unfortunately, I slipped on a muddy patch on the steep path, and it took a whole host of people to get me to hospital.”
Allsopp said that Oscar ran to get help, and the RNLI and Devon Air Ambulance took her to hospital with “a huge amount of painkillers”. She added: “I have far more people than that to thank. God only knows what I was like to deal with high as a kite!”
The presenter revealed that her leg was operated on and paid tribute to the hospital staff who looked after her. She said: “Everyone at Barnstaple hospital has been amazing, kind & caring. So many lovely people doing their absolute best. They have operated on the leg and I’ll be home soon. It’ll be a boot and crutches for a while but I feel very, very lucky that it was possible to reach me and get me to hospital so quickly, and I have a job that I can do on crutches. Not a birthday I am going to forget in a hurry and again, THANK YOU to all those who have been involved in my care.”
Kirstie Allsopp Airlifted to Hospital After Devon Beach Birthday Fall