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We were awakened by the cat meowing outside our bedroom door at five to four this morning. Drat I thought as I struggled to find my footing, we didn't lock her in the kitchen last night. When I got downstairs I noticed all the doors were open - that's not normal - and there was a strange yellow glow coming from the dining room, but when I looked there was no light on. I turned around to see the front door was about a foot ajar
Oh
I hope they haven't found the car keys... but both cars were still outside, which is more than can be said for my bum bag containing wallet and office keys and my wife's handbag. All our plastic has had to be cancelled and we've got no ready cash either. Other missing items include my wife's laptop - and all her photos - which means no Blog on our day trip to Arosa and few photos of the Bernina Express, her Fuji camera and her mobile phone. It looks like my camera was too chunky or being black was missed in the dark. Ditto for my big box PC. Apart from a few quid and our driving licenses., nothing else appears to have been taken.
No damage was done except to our photo memories and psyches. I think we'll be able to sleep tonight because we will do what we should have done and double lock the front door. It seems the most likely mode of entry was a device through the letter box to press down on the door handle....
So I pass on these lessons:-
1) Make sure your front door cannot be opened via the letter box either by double locking it or making it physically impossible
2) Back up your photo collections onto DVDs or whatever. My wife's back up memory stick was in her handbag
3) Don't rely on spaniels for protection - little so and so's didn't so much as whimper although one is pretty much deaf, so maybe he's excused
4) Get a cat which doesn't like draughts or a big hungry dog
David


No damage was done except to our photo memories and psyches. I think we'll be able to sleep tonight because we will do what we should have done and double lock the front door. It seems the most likely mode of entry was a device through the letter box to press down on the door handle....
So I pass on these lessons:-
1) Make sure your front door cannot be opened via the letter box either by double locking it or making it physically impossible
2) Back up your photo collections onto DVDs or whatever. My wife's back up memory stick was in her handbag

3) Don't rely on spaniels for protection - little so and so's didn't so much as whimper although one is pretty much deaf, so maybe he's excused
4) Get a cat which doesn't like draughts or a big hungry dog
David