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[ailbhe]

Our trike was stolen. And found.

The local Cycle Campaign's secretary lives down the road - she often babysat Linnea - and of course we let her know when it went. She popped in yesterday evening to say all the sheds on the allotments had been burgled too. And I said it yesterday afternoon to one of the guys who runs the coffee shop - fair trade coffee, locally made cakes, etc - and we reported it to the police and the local paper and so on.

On Friday I left my name and number in the coffee shop so that they could pass it on to the woman who makes the cakes, so we can buy a cake for Linnea's birthday. On Saturday I met that woman in the Farmer's Market anyway, but since neither of us had pen and paper that's ok. This evening, finding my number in the coffee shop, the other guy who runs it phoned me to say he'd seen the trike. He gave me an address.

I hung up on him rather abruptly, though I did say goodbye and things, and called the police with one phone and Rob with the other - the police answered first. So I told them, then called Rob again, and told him, and he came home, and we went out to find it.

Rob found it and I went to the coffeeshop to thank the guys and the woman who makes cakes was there and we discussed allergies and intolerances and personal preferences and she's going to have a think and get back to me.

Then we went to the food co-op and chatted about it there with the people who know from whom we buy our food - the founder of the True Food Co-op used to deliver our veg and come in for tea and he gave us a lovely wedding card and things - and on the way home we passed a number of friends' houses we'd have dropped in on if it hadn't been so late.

Now I really do need to source a bracket for the child seat for the rear carrier :)

Comments

[piqueen.livejournal.com]

Wow! How lovely to be part of a community that looks out for one another. Are the police going to prosecute?

trike

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

how awesome! i was just catching up and read how it was stolen, and was so upset for you.

wow, this rocks. yay! what a great community where people work together to help each other.

[oldbloke.livejournal.com]

Great news.
Can you get somebody competent to cement a BFO bracket into the ground so you can secure it really well? Maybe 2 of those BFO U-locks things to unmovable brackets in the ground. Or to the house wall.

[ailbhe]

We have a loop - Rob just stopped using it because it's so awkward. We're going to knock a lump out of the hedge and start using it, awkward or not - but it's far more feeble than the locks themselves, so we're considering spending 50 quid on another lock and setting that in concrete.

[k425.livejournal.com]

I am so pleased.

[alison.hemuk.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

Oh brilliant :)

I can't believe I've still never made it to the true Food Coop. Couldn't go last night as I went out (to Oxford to see Will Self). Give me a shout a couple of days before the next one?

Not hanging out in cafes any more is a definite disadvantage of having 4 children, lol! Spending a fiver on an hour's sit down is ok, spending a tenner is just too much :(

[livi-short.livejournal.com]

It is great to hear about a community working together like this.

I remember Sue's favorite birthday party was in a bare village hall that was filled with very active 4 year olds. They all loved it.

[dreamalynn.livejournal.com]

Most excellent!