Yorkshire Vet's Julian Norton makes emotional admission after life-changing injury

admitted that he felt like he was being made to "semi-retire" while presenting this evening's episode of The Yorkshire Vet on . The star suffered a recent accident when he fell off his bike and had to be saved by a Mountain Rescue team.

The vet had been enjoying a day off from his , when he took his bike out for a ride around some woods near Kilburn. Unfortunately, Julian awkwardly hit his knee on a large rock and damaged it meaning that he couldn't walk.

The injury resulted in the animal doctor severing his patella ligament - which attaches the knee cap to the shin.

It left him unable to stand or put weight on his leg without collapsing.

It took two hours for help from Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team to arrive, in which time Julian had managed to move just half a metre to rest against a nearby tree. He later branded the team "heroes" as he said he didn't know what he would have done without them.

The vet was taken to the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, where he underwent a surgery to help fix his injuries. On tonight's showing of The Yorkshire Vet, Julian was seen hobbling around on crutches with his leg bandaged up in a brace.

He popped into his Thirsk practice to see if there was anything he could do to help out while recovering from the life-changing injury. When asked how he was feeling, he replied: "Slow. But getting there. Like all good things, I'll get there eventually."

Julian explained that he felt "bad" that he had "messed it up for everybody" with the vet practice being so busy without him there.

Speaking into the camera, he explained: "I'm feeling like the pace of life for me, at the moment, it's feeling a little bit like semi-retirement because everything is very slow. I can't do anything in a hurry or at pace.

"Making two cups of tea and a cup of coffee is quite a busy morning for me."

The doctor is said to be expecting a recovery period, until he regains full mobility and is able to get back on his bike again, of three to six months.