Articles by Robert Tickler

A month or so ago I was contacted by a policewoman called Jade in connection with the theft of my wallet. The incident was caught on CCTV so it seems a routine case especially as the perp (I still prefer the more antiquated ‘chummy’) was filmed getting into his car whose number plate revealed [...]

After I was penalised for the second time for breaking the 30 mph limit near my home I elected for the speed awareness course rather than the points. I was caught in a speed trap as the dual carriage way (I learned in the course that my definition of one was wrong) in just 20 yards goes from 50 mph [...]

I always enjoy the monthly visits of my window cleaner Phil. However like most most trades where I live his timekeeping is not the best. So I allocate a morning on the basis that he will be late. True to form I received a text yesterday that he was running late due to an incident at Costas. It [...]

A not infrequent occurrence in my household is the noise of crashing objects. At first I feared it was an intruder then I realised it my cat Cassius sighting another moggy whom we call the “little Madam”. The little Madam’s Manor is the boardwalk by the Marina and patios of various flats. [...]

When I retired from my life in commerce some 7 years ago and moved down to the coast some 4 years ago, I had hoped that “a bad  day in the office’, when through no fault of one’s own matters spiral out of control in a horrible downward vortex, was a thing of the past. Not so and yesterday [...]