Mr Spider

I have a confession to make
















I'm terrified of spiders - truly terrified

Gwyn - thanks very very much .

Andrij is really upset about this as you can imagine .

Perhaps it's time for this thread to be closed so it can sink down the Forum ?

Good luck with the rest of the dealings - it may well take some time

A very fine result indeed

I:m glad it looks as if you will be in the clear .

I suspect you were the little fish that got caught in the net that was set for much bigger fish .

I'd keep my mouth shut about this at present - go with what the Solicitor says for the time being - I'm sure he'll keep in touch with you about this.

Father Ted's advice about the card is good - don't attempt to get the images off it , and since it wasn't you they were after, it might be as well to give the second card to the Solicitor as well since it has pics of the event .

What luck your neighbours CCTV tape shows things quite clearly - that really is good luck

Good luck with the sorting things out now

A good friend's beautiful Blue Ribble bike was nicked from outside the Community Centre this afternoon .

The lowlife may well have been local as there was a football match going on at the time he was there.

He had been doing an 'Audax' Bike ride which had finished there. there were 4 bikes parked at the Centre and when the riders came out , 3 of them had bikes and Andrij did not

It has a registration /ID of J70608889 and has been reported to the police as missing .

If anyone lives in the area please would you keep an eye open for the bike ?

He was supposed to be using it for a ride next weekend and most weekends thereafter until he does the Paris-Brest- Paris bike ride this summer - that now looks exceedingly doubtful and he has paid his entrance fee for that already

Mr Pants

You've got me wrong .

The Members only area I would like to see would not be as a place where we can let rip with language not fit for innocent ears to hear , nor would it be an area where we can call people [ not matter what their job is ] nasty names.

It would be a safe haven where in time of need [ as in this case ] a member could post asking for advice as to how to handle a situation like this .

John - they are at present

Everyone can read - BUT only registered members may post

I'm asking for an area where only registered members may read AND post . It's not anticipated as being a busy area - and as Cardiff_Gareth has [ I think it was him ] already said - what has happened to SmutjeUK is now out in public on the Internet and probably should not have been.

I understand that John ,

Here we have SmutjeUK - badly shaken by his experience , who needs to offload on people who understand .

But there are things which should not be talked about in public in his case , yes he will be conversing with a Lawyer about this - but as a result of that interview there could be useful information which could be passed on to us .

Obviously conversation about it would still be guarded .

This would not be a clique - it would be open to all members of PU but not available to those who have just happened on the Site and are 'having a nosey around'.

Yes we want to keep PU as a family friendly place [ which it normally is ] but there have been so many instances of this sort of behaviour [ I'm being very careful choosing my words at this point ] that the members of PU , out and about with their cameras , should be aware of their rights - what they must do to comply with legal requirements , and what the other side must do.

In this case there does seem to be reasonable doubt about the 'legality' of the way he was treated.

Having read Cardiff Gareth's comments on SmutjeUK's terrorism thread I think he makes a very valid point .

Would it be possible to make a secure area - only accessible by PUF Members, where , in times like this we can make what we hope are helpful remarks/ responses to a member when face with something like this ?

What think you all ?

Should this be in the form of a Poll ?