A scary phone call

As I was leaving for work this morning I looked at my phone and realised that there was a missed call from Dan. He was off to Macclesfield this morning and frequently calls on his way over the top of the M62 to ask me to do a "traffic watch" to see why the traffic is slow.

The call had come about 15 minutes before so I dialled him up and waited for him to answer.

'Hello hon, I saw you'd called me, everything OK?'

'I'm just sitting in a police car' he said.

At this point I have to admit I had an uncharitable thought with regard to Dan's penchant for travelling at speeds faster than legally authorised!

'What's happened?'

'I'm having a bit of a morning' he said. 'My car is has burned to a crisp'

I pressed my earphones tighter into my ears. I can't have heard right.

'Say that again...?' I replied.

'I'm sitting in a police car at the side of the motorway because my car caught fire' he said.

I HAD heard right. I was in shock! I could hardly believe what he was saying.

After having made sure he was OK - my priorities reasserted themselves. The Blog! So, my next question was

'Did you get any pictures?'

Needless to say - here they are

The story continues here with An interesting Journey Part 1