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Taking #ActiveTravel seriously is going to mean rethinking health care a bit, and in particular, it's going to mean treating many more people as athletes. I cover 10-20km a day on foot and by bicycle, but it's almost all routine: school run, shopping, business travel.We do this in a family with a range of disabilities, including some folk having long-term mobility constraints.

But that means when I take a hard fall from the bike and trash the ligaments in my knee, as I did a fortnight ago, I need thorough support much more quickly. I can't just "go back to using the car" - we burnt that bridge decades ago. I have to keep moving, and I need the NHS to help me decide right away whether I need crutches, a proper brace around the joint, surgery (and thus long-term help), or just to keep snarling through the floppy leg, alarming swelling, remarkably aesthetic bruising, and pain. The only information I've found online that seems remotely relevant is addressed to 'athletes'; apparently 'normal' people don't need to walk, cycle, or run every day.

(For the horrified, I have found a brace, but I'm not sure it's enough or correct. Because I'm #actuallyAutistic, the level of pain isn't a good tool to decide; I've walked for weeks on an ankle with no ligaments before.)