20th March, 2026.“The Bridge”.An Introduction.
Right then … it’s Friday, again … !
A day that sees me cooking the obligatory fish supper, revelling in the order I’ve put into Amazon — a box, remote controls, cables and some vitamins — and wondering at a phone call I had, this morning.
I reported a neighbour to the police, a while back: as they’d been behaving in a way that caused me some concern.
Let’s call them Kylie.
It was my attempt at a welfare check: as I was concerned Kylie was being cuckooed.
It was only this morning … that I had a separate call about the person: from someone calling from a Brentwood landline — 01277 381687 — claiming to be called ‘Richard’, and claiming to be from a small, hush-hush, police team, that specialised in ‘collecting information from knowledgable people’*: wanting to know if I could tell them more about Kylie.
Which I couldn’t.
They also told me I should put in another welfare check about this person, and another — let’s call them Fiona — who was a shared contact.
Very specifically on 101, the police non-emergency line.
Which I tried.
101 told me to phone 111: the NHS non-emergency line.
Who were happy to take Fiona’s details, and send someone along.
So … ?
I tried phoning the Brentwood number, the 01277 381687 number, again, to let them know what I’d been told.
Only to get a ‘Number Not Recognised’ message.
Fair enough: they didn’t want me speaking to them.
But … ?
Getting a ‘Number Not Recognised’ message, about a number that had been working a few hours before, seemed very strange … !
But enough of my day … you’re here because of TV shows.
Any least, I hope you are!
It’s Friday: so I’m going to be watching the penultimate episode of Stranger Things’ fifth series, tonight.
Then letting you know what I thought about it by Tuesday, 23rd March.
I’m looking forward to an hour’s worth of TV that makes more sense than my afternoon!
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