Another day behind the wheel - job done.

It's been a long day on the road, through to Glasgow, then Risley and back via Glasgow. As usual I was not disappointed by the "beloved white van men", as the first vehicle to overtake me was in his big "Sprinter". Pity the radar van was not waiting on him. BUT the M74 and the M6 were quiet so it was a good run, and a couple of other seemed to think so also as they were nabbed by the unmarked patrol cars in Cumbria.

When I returned to Glasgow I saw the Police camera van sitting at Cowcaddens, and flippantly asked the operator if he was trying to catch speeding trains !!! However, he explained that the van was used to monitor the many railway level crossings throughout the West and Central belt of Scotland, where there are many fatalities each year ( nationally it averages one per week) caused in most cases by people ignoring the red warning lights and risking life and limb by trying to beat the barrier. This particular van has been adapted for the job, however there are two new state of the art purpose built vehicles due for delivery. In addition to these duties it is also used a back up and monitoring unit while officers are attending at scenes of crimes, accidents and searches - extremely interesting - thanks guys.

I passed the Morris Minor on the motorway, it was looking good and sounding good - but not likely to get nabbed for speeding!!

My father had a couple of Morris Minor Countrymen cars, which were lovely wee cars to drive, and reminiscing, we had a Morris 1000 panda car when I first joined the Police at Loanhead and it was normal on the nightshift for us to meet up with the Bonnyrigg team and have a wee race through Roslin Glen. In Penicuik, during the very bad winter there this car used to chug its way up and down through drifts and roads which other cars could not manage. Folk even arrived at the Police Station late at night and asked for a lift home - they thought we had special training in winter driving!!!