Our Scooters Stolen

Last week we took the opportunity of a clear and warmer evening to complete the next leg of our scoot, from Runneymede to the historic church in Old Windsor. Unfortunately some of the path remains submerged, and we now have in total, 2 short sections to complete in the summer between our journey so far, from Battersea to Old Windsor.

The evening was lovely, but again another sad reminder of the recent floods- peoples hard earned money and leisure smashed against weirs and riverbeds. - We have now passed a number of capsized boats of varying sizes, still unable to be rescued as the water is running at full capacity.

Then in the evening air we hear a call - an owl close by... and it was! Dolby is a pet Eagle Owl, a large bird who's favourite perch is close to the river in Old Windsor. After a great round of Twit-twoos! we carried on scooting our hearts out through muddy pathways and on more manageable terrain until we reached a quaint old church in Old Windsor.

Sadly in the excitement our scooter were left in the church yard, and by the following morning had vanished. We contacted local police and asked neighbours but nothing arose despite the girls names and numbers on the scooters. Stolen.

We are all very sad. It was Rosemary's big birthday present and Jasmine's gift from her Godmother Caroline. We have to make a plan. This Sunday our very conservative church reverend has deviated from the usual sermon to give us the chance to talk about our fundraising scoot. - This is a great opportunity and we have even been offered the chance to do a display... but what we have planned he would not expect.

I think the minister is thinking of a display on the noticeboard - not our daughters whizzing through the church on their scooters! We will have to beg and borrow for this one now and hope something good turns up.