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Date: 28 February 2007 17:20:47
I just had to tell you all about this call I received this afternoon. FW had gone out to attend a Lenten Bible Study about 5 minutes before and I was trying to organise some shipments for tomorrow.
T&E: Hello!
FW : Help, I'm stuck at the shops. My glasses have blown off and onto the road and I can't find them.
So I started running down our hill, yes I was actually running, and almost fell over as I realised I couldn't stop properly. It was raining and really blowing, forecasted winds of 60 mph. The rain got harder and I couldn't see FW. Then I saw this shape sheltering in the open-sided bus stop.
No it started to hail and the wind got stronger. FW was letting out little yelps as the hail hit her. My ears were getting cold, my shoes and jeans were absolutely soaked through and I couldn't see the glasses.
This isn't a quiet road either. I'm standing in the middle concentrating on finding them and then turning to find the odd car stopped and waiting for me to move out of the way. Then I could see a dark lense in the road by the bus stop on the other side of the road.
Thankfully her photochromatic glasses were in one piece near to the kerb.
FW didn't get to the bible study. We both got absolutely soaked and had to change but at least it gave us a laugh.