"Good morning, Sir"

[Excalibur]

" It's a routine stop, as you know we're having a lot of cable thefts". Yup, I got pulled by The Boys In Blue after John's gig Monday night. I wouldn't normally mind, but be reasonable, why on earth would you suspect a ten year old van ( which like its driver has seen better days, ) heavily loaded, proceeding slowly along the road at half past one in the morning?


One of the humorous aspects was that when I opened up the doors to show that I wasn't loaded with a couple of miles of British Rail's finest cable, what was sitting proudly in the middle of the van? Only the ne'er do well's weapon of choice: A bloody great Stihlsaw, equipped with a blade guaranteed to cut most things known to mankind!

The two officers who stopped me were absolutely brilliant, great lads.

[hammy]

I know its a pain in the bum Peter but it is nice to see this happening.

[Excalibur]

I know its a pain in the bum Peter but it is nice to see this happening.

Pain in the bum? No, not really. As I said, the officers were absolutely brilliant, and before they stopped me I had seen British Rail Police going round the area, obviously on the same tack. These cable thefts cause untold havoc to travellers, and are dangerous.

[katman]

Its not just the railways getting hit. Our local news had a story the other week about a village losing all the phone lines and broadband becuase cable thieves stole the cable....not once but TWICE in a week. BT had just restored service and they stole it again !!!