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- Location
- Peterborough
I guess with hindsight we all make em but mine yesterday....
Driving along a Pboro road I saw an old guy, well dressed'ish, quite fit for his age, thumbing a lift. It was very hot, I thought maybe he's broken down so I stopped.
Apparently (and he was quite clear and lucid) he was trying to get to Oakham. He was miles away from any road that'd take him that way so I offered to take him to the bus depot and dropped him there. During a relaxed convo on the way he did say his wife would be mad at him...which seemed odd but I passed that by.
Later, I'm reading outer local paper....errr....'Have you seen Frank, 81, from Oakham, vulnerable and maybe disorientated who's got lost during a visit to Pboro Hospital.
Oh, that was him. I never thought he was 81, maybe 70, he was quite lucid, had plenty of fluids with him, quite chatty....so while it's a bit unusual, I didn't think too much of it.
I've met plenty of other mature fellas passing through Phoro, usually perhaps guys down on their luck and headed somewhere...i even brought one such guy a pack of fags once, he was headed to Northampton, had no money but was happy to hitch it...but I felt sorry for him having no fags.
I contacted the police about todays guy who logged it but that was 2 hours later when I read it in the paper. They found him later so no harm done.
Maybe next time I'll ask...are you ok (which I did anyway because of the heat), do you want me to take you to the police or similar so they can get help if they're lost etc. Maybe doing that would inflame some folk...whaddaya do ?
Driving along a Pboro road I saw an old guy, well dressed'ish, quite fit for his age, thumbing a lift. It was very hot, I thought maybe he's broken down so I stopped.
Apparently (and he was quite clear and lucid) he was trying to get to Oakham. He was miles away from any road that'd take him that way so I offered to take him to the bus depot and dropped him there. During a relaxed convo on the way he did say his wife would be mad at him...which seemed odd but I passed that by.
Later, I'm reading outer local paper....errr....'Have you seen Frank, 81, from Oakham, vulnerable and maybe disorientated who's got lost during a visit to Pboro Hospital.
Oh, that was him. I never thought he was 81, maybe 70, he was quite lucid, had plenty of fluids with him, quite chatty....so while it's a bit unusual, I didn't think too much of it.
I've met plenty of other mature fellas passing through Phoro, usually perhaps guys down on their luck and headed somewhere...i even brought one such guy a pack of fags once, he was headed to Northampton, had no money but was happy to hitch it...but I felt sorry for him having no fags.
I contacted the police about todays guy who logged it but that was 2 hours later when I read it in the paper. They found him later so no harm done.
Maybe next time I'll ask...are you ok (which I did anyway because of the heat), do you want me to take you to the police or similar so they can get help if they're lost etc. Maybe doing that would inflame some folk...whaddaya do ?
