We had a bit of excitement round our place today, Dave was at home, I was at work, and one of the neighbours told him that she'd seen people loitering in the back courtyard. This is highly suspicious behaviour, so Dave was now on high alert. A bit later he found someone trying to force open our back door. Good luck with that, it doesn't open even when it's unlocked. Dave rushed out and questioned him, apparently he was looking for a "Simon" who he thought lived here. Nice way to visit your friends, by forcing their back doors. At this stage another neighbour was coming in, so Dave ran over to tell him what was going on, and at this point the would-be burglar ran off.
We then had our first interaction with the coppers over here, or rather Dave did, I had to live vicariously through him. They have a new, non-emergency number for these sorts of things, and whilst they said they would come round I was sure we wouldn't see them for weeks. But about an hour later they were already here, taking some details of what was really a non-event. Must have been a slow day in Hampstead, as they even sent someone round to dust our back door for fingerprints!
Guess it's time to get some house insurance.
Crikey! Hope they catch him soon. Did the coppers wear their big hats or do they have a less-intimidating uniform when they're not doing their walking rounds?
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