WITH so many engagements at this time of year, you would not expect to find a civic head with his feet up.

But a slip on ice on his driveway has landed Lord Mayor of Canterbury Cllr Cyril Windsor in hospital with a broken ankle.

The 73-year-old was leaving his Whitstable home with his wife, Leslie, to attend an awards evening at Canterbury College when the accident happened.

Speaking from his bed at the QEQM hospital at Margate, Cyril said: “I just went down very quickly on the ice, felt the pain and saw my foot was turned the wrong way.

“I don’t know how long I am going to be laid up.”

He added: “At this time of year I should be visiting patients, not be one of them.”

It is the second time Cyril has taken a serious tumble. In March, 2006, he tripped on the steps of the Tower House and broke his wrist in the fall.

He added: “I feel a bit sick about it because I desperately wanted to attend the engagements which were arranged.

“But I do hope to be able to attend the carol singing and Cathedral service in Canterbury, even if it means I have to be pushed around in a wheelchair.”