Police to have a word with white van man

Grampian Police have now responded in writing to my report of Thursday’s incident, when the driver of a white Ford Transit failed to give way at a T-junction and almost hit us on the trike.

No formal action will take place as it would be my word against that of the driver, but the police will give them “suitable road safety advice”.

As police have logged the event and given it an incident number, it ensures details of the van and the incident will be on file should the driver do something similar in the future.

Whoop-whoop! Freak alert!

We had a phone call yesterday evening from a major department store to organise delivery of the boys’ main, shared birthday present.

Apart from a crackly phone line, it was all proceeding smoothly and politely until the lady at the store asked for my mobile phone number so the driver could text me when he was heading for our place from his last drop-off.

“I don’t have a mobile,” I replied.