grrr!!!!

[uk elephant]

:mad:

My bike has just been stolen!! I had stopped at the orchard at the back of the college where I work to pick some apples. This orchard is surrounded by a fence and a hedge and is totally overgrown. I thought it'd be out of the way enough so I tucked my bike in between some trees and started picking. When I found my way out of the trees again half an hour later, the bike was gone. Along with my panniers that were meant to hold all the apples which of course had my wallet and phone and train ticket. Luckily I caught one of my colleagues who lives near me as she was getting in her car so I could get a lift home. With no money or train ticket it would have been a very long walk home. Now I have to figure out how to replace everything. Puts a bit of a damper on my ALC training. But I'm trying to cheer myself up with the prospect of a new bike....

[solobiker]

I am so sorry that happened to you. I wish people could just be honest. Hang in there.

[oxysback]

The world would be a much better place if people would just keep their grabby hands off other people's stuff!!! :mad::mad::mad:

Sorry your bike got stolen, UK. :(

[Blueberry]

That sucks:( I'm really sorry that happened to you. Please let us know if there's anything we can do to help...

CA

[Smilie]

That is rotten. Sorry about your bike, but like you said, you can look forward to a new one.

[TrekTheKaty]

So Sorry about your misfortune. People can be mean :confused:

[short cut sally]

That really is rotten. I am so sorry for you. I do agree that people should keep their hands off things that don't belong to them.
Just a thought, you said you were picking in an orchard. Public orchard? My thinking was this, maybe the owner saw the bike, thought someone ditched it there and took it back to the office/main area? I doubt that is the answer but thought maybe, just maybe, there was a good samaritin out there and you could get your bike back.
good luck to you, hopefully your belongings come up from the now MIA file

[uk elephant]

That really is rotten. I am so sorry for you. I do agree that people should keep their hands off things that don't belong to them.
Just a thought, you said you were picking in an orchard. Public orchard? My thinking was this, maybe the owner saw the bike, thought someone ditched it there and took it back to the office/main area? I doubt that is the answer but thought maybe, just maybe, there was a good samaritin out there and you could get your bike back.
good luck to you, hopefully your belongings come up from the now MIA file

Not a public orchard, though it isn't locked off. No owner who would be keeping and eye on the place. It is a neglected part of the college grounds, surrounded by countryside. I'll be heading down there tomorrow to have another look around just in case whoever took it, dumped it somewhere nearby.

[sundial]

Oh noooooooo!!!! Oh why does this have to happen?? :mad: :mad: :mad: :(

[Trek420]

Oh noooooo! That's your second bike theft experience :( :( :(

I feel like this is MY bike since I helped you choose it. :( :(

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=5009

Check your phone bill when you get it. Few of these morons can resist a cell phone. Then you have who they call and who calls them. :mad:

I hate this :mad: Dang, I liked that bike, got to see you ride it in each day on ALC 6. Let me know if there's any way we can help and I hope you get it back (right after you buy the new one so you have 2).

[NbyNW]

Bike thieves suck. I hope you are able to track down some of your stuff and get a new ride soon.

[crazycanuck]

ÃRGHGHG!!!! UKE..I'm sorry to hear some bogan stole your nice green bike!

Best of luck in your new bike hunt!!

[sgtiger]

What a dirty rotten fink! Sorry to hear that your bike got stolen, UKE. <hugs> Hopefully, it'll come back someday.

[Trek420]

UK, check this post in which someone got her bike back :)

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=21405

Any other towns near Essex? I just checks Craigs, nada.

[Tri Girl]

Awwwww man! :mad:
I'm soooo very sorry that some jerk stole your bike! What a creep. I hope he was riding it, hit a groove in the road that flipped him off the bike and landed him on his noggin (and I say he because let's face it: most crime is committed by men).

I hope you can get your bike back, or that at the least you'll get a new ride that will make you just as happy (although it can never replace your lost one).

I'm sorry, UK elephant. :(

[gingerale]

:mad: That pisses me off so bad! I'm so sorry someone did that to you. And I really hope karma comes back to bite them in the butt!!

Here's wishing you get your bike back.

[Pax]

That just sucks UKE. :mad:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My bike has just been stolen!! I had stopped at the orchard at the back of the college where I work to pick some apples. This orchard is surrounded by a fence and a hedge and is totally overgrown. I thought it'd be out of the way enough so I tucked my bike in between some trees and started picking. When I found my way out of the trees again half an hour later, the bike was gone.

I know this sounds like a dumb question but....are you absolutely sure your bike is not still there hidden between trees in that overgrown orchard? Could there be any way that you confused the spot where you left it? Old orchards can be pretty maze-like.
Sounds nuts, but might be worth a second trip back to check carefully.

[Trek420]

Sounds nuts, but might be worth a second trip back to check carefully.

That's more like something her aunt (me) would do, did. "Help! Police! My car's been stolen. I parked it right .... oops. Never mind. I got on at the other train station today" :rolleyes:

I'd want to know if anyone nearby saw the perp riding the bike away.

[Geonz]

Hoping for the best... grrrring with you :(

[uk elephant]

Happy update! Just had a call from a colleague who had a call from another colleague who had found the bike in the orchard and is now dropping it off in the building where I work! And everything was there. But the bike was definitely not there when I declared it missing, or yesterday when I went back to look for it. Wonder where it has been all this time....But as long as it is back and all the contents are back, I won't worry about where it's been off to. Maybe it just got bored of waiting for me and went off for a little joy ride on its own.

[OakLeaf]

Phew! Glad this story had a happy ending!

[Blueberry]

Truly bizarre, but a happy ending! Wonder if someone saw it and assumed it was stolen and planned to bring it back to you all along?

CA

[Duck on Wheels]

Talked to UK on the phone a couple hours ago. Apparently the guy who found the bike saw the bike, horizontal in the overgrown orchard, but didn't see 5'10" red-headed UK-E picking apples a few trees further in. :confused: Anyhoo, good samaritan that this near-sighted guy was, he thought "Oh Dear! Somebody's joy-ridden a bike and dumped it in the old orchard. I'd better lock it up safely back on campus." Happily, it's a small campus and there was a mutual acquaintance who put the two stolen bike stories together. So UK-E will be reunited with her bike tomorrow, and faith in humanity is restored. Or at least, that was the theory as of 2 hours ago. Could be there actually was a joy-ride and dump event between the two stories, or something else entirely. But the outcome is good all the same.

[Tri Girl]

Hooray for happy endings!!! :D

[sgtiger]

Yippee skippee! Glad it came back!

[gingerale]

Great news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SouthernBelle]

I somehow thought this bike would turn up. I'm psychic!

[bmccasland]

Yaaaa!!!!

and I'm convinced that sometimes our bikes take rides without us, to teach us lessons.

Let's hear it for the nearsighted good hearted guy who tried to keep UK-E's bike safe. I supposed she should have been singing heartedly while picking the apples, that way people would know she was there!

[Aggie_Ama]

What an amusing story, here he thought he was doing something so great and instead he caused stress. At least it all ended well. :)

[ASammy1]

Great news!!! But now what do you do, considering you had already started thinking about a new one???? I know... just call me an enabler!

"Hi, my name is Andrea, and I'm addicted to bikes."

[sgtiger]

All together now: HI, ANDREA!

[NoNo]

What a whirlwind of emotions! So glad you got your bike and all your stuff back. Although, I was amazed by how calm your first post was. Guess you'll have to start chaining your bike to the trees. Or get one of these:

http://www.chateauproducts.com/images/Clock%20Sign.jpg