shaken but ....

Teapot and Al have already posted their reflections on last week's events and especially our visit to Stafford Crown Court on Monday.

That was an experience which comes right at the top end of the crapometer if you follow my drift. I suppose it was the sense of being rewound and taken back to see the events of 10 September unfold before our eyes and ears.

The ghastly almost inevitability of disaster as Andreas Klassen drove his lorry up the motorway network to his planned delivery points in Lancashire. The painstaking nature of the investigation and the inevitable sentence.

So shaken is a good word to describe the shock to the sytem as all of this hit my senses. And a response to the realisation of the calculated risk taking built into the way of working of the driver and his employers. A further underlining that the world is all out of joint and not just because FreelanceNerd and El Pasto are no longer here with us.

So why the but.....

I guess I have wanted to find something to say that is good and positive out of all that and it has taken me a while and I have found my but....

...they are the two police family liaison officers Gary and Jan. I can truly say I wish I had never seen them but right from the night of the accident through to Monday and no doubt beyond they have been massive. I have spoken more to Jan than Gary and I admire their sensitivity, their willingness to give their time on and off duty and I am just thankful they have been there for us.

So shaken but...