On a wild goose chase today
to find a gendarme to report a theft. If we’d been speeding we’d have found one soon enough, but all the gendarmeries in a 30km radius were closed. You press a button at the gate, and a disembodied female voice (backed by Vivaldi) tells you “Gendarmerie de la Manche. Nous traitons votre appel” (Police of la Manche, we’re dealing with your call) over and over and over. Nobody was there, neither at a medium-sized town on market day nor at our old village. Eventually, back at our old village, a man’s voice interrupted the Vivaldi. “Il n’y a personne, revenez cet après midi” (there’s nobody here, come back this afternoon) Puzzled as to who it was speaking if there was no-one there, I replied, in French “It’s a good job I’m not in the process of being raped.”
Sorry to hear you were robbed 😦
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Let’s be optimistic and say borrowed – or maybe the thief will be caught speeding with your trailer 🙂
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With that amount of boredom, one would think that they’d welcome a chance for a little action. ‘A theft? C’est si bon! Something to do at last!’
Hey – you didn’t watch the trailer, but you still want to see the flic? 🙂
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😀
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oh no! stolen and unable to report it to boot! Definitely NOT a good day.
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We did report it in the end. Whether we will get it back is another matter. Our first experience of crime in 20 years in France.
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I adore your spunk and backbone, Viv. Good luck with your police. x
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No kidding! It is surprising there was not anyone around! I hope the trailer is recovered soon!
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It can be so frustrating! One can be certain one gets the same response even if they are around. Only when something terrible happens that they move! Rightly said Viv!
Hank
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It would be nice if it were returned as easily as it went missing, Viv 🙂
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That is unbelievable….I am being robbed…come back later!!!
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🙂 It’s Saturday! That explains everything. We went back and made our statement,to a very nice gendarme, but I don’t suppose they’ll manage to find our trailer – they’re pretty anonymous bits of equipment.
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Someone hung a ‘do not disturb’ notice on the wire round our local gendarmerie station.
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I hope that you will be able to at least file a report soon. I wonder if they have a website so that you can file a complaint on their Gendarmerie website. Good luck Viv.
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we’re going back in half an hour, like obedient little citoyens!
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I hope that it works out for the best. Here in the States, this would have put a few people that I know over the edge, not being answered immediately
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One reason we’re so happy living in France is that people are so laid back. This area also has the lowest crime rate in Western Europe, so we were astonished to have our trailer stolen (borrowed?)
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I hope that it was only a matter of borrowing and it will quietly be returned ? I’m keeping my fingers crossed. 🙂
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