Back in the Eighties (?) l was on patrol in my Panda car when l spotted a column of smoke rising from a road about a mile away. l headed that way to investigate. Peering in that direction it became apparent that there was a car on the carriageway, and that it was well alight. People were walking away from it and toward me, though initially my attention was obviously on the burning car.
As l drew nearer, l saw that the men striding away from the conflagration were Cromwellian soldiers of the Civil War! l’m talking pikes, buff leather jackets, muskets, “
Twelve Apostles” bandoliers, the works! My first thought was, “
Fuck! l’ve gone through a time warp!”
My second - and as it turned out more accurate, though prosaic - thought was, “
A bunch of blokes en route to a Sealed Knot reenactment have experienced an unfortunate car fire”.
Made for an interesting shift, though.
maximus otter