Some good news

Thanks to lots of sharing on social media, one of our bikes has been recovered 🙂 I went to Southampton Police Station this morning and identified my Giant Escape City W. It was abandoned less than 5km from where it had been stolen. It still had its panniers attached and their usual contents (puncture repair kit, spare inner tube etc) inside. I am so grateful to everyone who shared information about our bikes on social media but in particular Lisa. It was one of Lisa’s friends who saw a photo of my Giant Escape and identified it as one she’d seen.

I am also very grateful to the ‘older gentleman’ who found my bike and contacted the police.

The bike was abandoned in an area that is not a through-road, so we are assuming that the thieves were not in a van and were trying to get away whilst riding/pushing the bikes. This gives me hope that they are still in the Southampton area. If you live in Hampshire and haven’t yet shared any of my posts, I’d be really grateful if you could. Here’s a link to the public Facebook album:

Also, someone has generously agreed to loan Stuart a gorgeous new bike. (It is in a secure location until we travel to Denmark). We are incredibly grateful. I’ll share more details about this beautiful bike later 🙂

Please keep your fingers crossed for the safe return of our other bikes!