Happy 2008!

Started the new year watching good old Jules on BBC2. Waved our guests off to hear screaming and shouting going on down the road. Thinking it was a family argument we kept our distance until a couple involved saw our light on and knocked on our door for sanctuary. It turned out that they were in their late 60s and had become involved in an argument after the other people concerned drove into the car they were travelling and refused to stop. They'd followed to get the car reg and when the car stopped pulled over and asked for insurance details. They ended up being assaulted, having their mobile phone taken and racing to our house for sanctuary. So my start to 2008 was comforting a hysterical woman whilst my husband searched for their son who'd been told what had happened, but not that they were at our house, and was out searching for them. The police arrived an hour later - when the others concerned had stopped hammering on my door and had been collected and driven away by a friend - and the upshot was that the couple didn't want to take it further in case those concerned found out where they lived. Thankfully our 3 year old slept through all this and didn't wake until 4am (about half an hour after we'd managed to get to sleep!).