R.I.P CBF :-(

Today is a SAD day

i woke up at 0600 as normal, got dressed ready to brave the new morning by taking the dog for the usual wee and walk. Bleary eyed and half asleep, walked down my side way out into the street. i pulled my collar up because the wind was finding its way down my neck and i really wanted to keep the sleep time warmth in my body for at least 5 more minutes.

i noticed it was damp, so we had had rain. i got to the end of the road and my mind wandered... i felt something nagging at my conscious? what was it.. not sure!

i walked the dog round by which time my senses had come to at least 40% activity, as i turned back into my sidewalk, there it was!!!! or wasn't in this case.

my nagging consciousness had picked it up before my mind had a chance this this morning. Someone had "Nick'd" my motorbike :-(

i have not yet had it more than 4 months, it was also not much older than that in terms of newness.. and it was gone. Not even a footprint, stray chocolate bar wrapper or cut chain left behind.

so, whoever took it had to literally "Lift and Shift" i hope they feckin' hurt themselves trying to cut the chain and disc lock off.....

i called the Police, got a crime reference number, they said all the right things although i knowingly nodded in all the right places, felt that i will not see "Poppa" again.

i am sooooo P'd off more to the point that my local town is becoming a shite place to live, because this is the 4th theft locally i have heard of. What is happening to it all. If i ever caught em, i would knock the shite out of them with the chain.

The only positive to come out of all this, is that it was insured so should expect recompense to the fullest amount, and i have my full bike test in 4 weeks, so i will wait no for the test results and replace "Poppa" with a bigger more long term bike "Poppa Mk2".