Local Heroes!

Well, I was going to write about the Euro election results - it seems that King Richard won't be off to Brussels after all. He only got 218 votes - but then, apart from inviting Arthur Scargill to the Castle the only electioneering he seemed to do was to put a small poster up on the Castle gate.

Meanwhile, far more interesting things have been happening in Hay!

Richie and Ian had just got back from Hereford yesterday, and were relaxing outside the Crown with a well-earned pint, when a man ran out of the alley way opposite. He headed for the bridge - and was closely followed by Bob Golesworthy's daughter, who shouted: "He's a shoplifter!"
Richie and Ian caught up with him on the bridge, and hauled him back to Golesworthy's shop. "He tried to bribe us twice!" Richie grinned. They got there just as the police arrived, nicely in time to arrest the miscreant.
The other thieves scattered across Hay.
Bob Golesworthy phoned up the Cinema Bookshop, with a description of one of the men, in case he'd headed up that way. Greg happened to be out on the outside staircase, having a quiet fag break, and spotted him in the car park, talking into a mobile phone. Deb moved her car to block his in, and the police were quickly on the scene. Later the car was taken away by a tow truck.
The police recovered a van load of leather jackets and £4,000 of fishing rods - these were professionals, not the sort of shoplifter that slips something small into their bag or under their coat.