llywela | (no subject)

1. Had the police on the phone first thing Friday morning asking about the car smash I saw the night before. They are sending me a questionnaire to fill in as an independent witness. I knew I shouldn't have left my name and number, but nobody else stopped to help at all and I thought someone should.

2. Marchlands came to an end this week. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole mini-series - it held me absolutely gripped from first till last, couldn't take my eyes off the screen. The production values were amazing, the direction and cinematography absolutely beautiful and the cast excellent. I want to watch the whole thing all over again now!

3. The residence hearing for the children down in Cornwall is on Tuesday. Goodness only knows what's going to happen. There have been all kinds of shenanigans down there since they went home at Christmas. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.

4. It's gone very cold again these last few days, but it feels lovely and springlike - I've got all kinds of plants coming back to life in my garden...although also quite a number that sadly don't seem to have survived their second harsh winter in a row.

5. This fire seems to have been pretty spectacular - you could see the smoke from my house, on the other side of the city!

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I think it's just a knee-jerk instinct that says 'nooo, I don't want to be involved, don't ask me!' but I was there, I saw what happened, I was the only person out of the many present who bothered to stop and see if anyone needed help, so I figured leaving my details was the right thing to do. It's just a bit worrying to get drawn into someone else's problem - I don't want them relying on me and my poor memory because I really wasn't paying all that much attention! They did manage to say thanks at the time, despite being so shell-shocked - and certainly latched on and clung to me until the ambulance arrived! I was just glad I had my sensible head on that night.

Edited 2011-03-06 17:53 (UTC)

It is very difficult to know whether to get involved though. Some years ago we witnessed an accident where a car swerved into a coach on a dual carriageway - not entirely their fault as a car trying to turn right (legally) across it didn't look like they were stopping. Anyway, I said the other half should leave his details with the coach driver as it could be his livelihood at stake. Some weeks later he was contacted with a bog-standard letter regarding 'his accident' and demanding insurance details. I phoned and told them we hadn't been involved and were witnesses only and thankfully nothing further came of it, but it has made me wary to get involved in future, particularly now when insurance companies don't care whether they get it right and it's incredibly difficult to get things corrected.

Carol

I was torn over leaving my details, but felt that I should. With any luck it'll be a straightforward thing where I just have to fill in the form and that'll be it, job done and case closed.