AlanW
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It's probably not what you want to read but the above seems (to me) to be something that deserves a bit of attention.
Will a camera stop you thinking like this? Reduce the anxiety?
You may find it more helpful to investigate some methods of dealing with the stress and trauma internally rather than externally.
Best of luck
It's a very valid point and one that I have also asked myself. I have had a few counselling sessions to try and rid myself of these memories, but it seems that they are very much etched into my mind/head. Today's bombshell phone call from the Police has only served to open up the already unhealed mental scars I'm afraid.
The truth is no matter what I do in terms of adding additional security it is not giving me any sort of rest bite or comfort, but I have to try?
The annoying fact that for the sake of a few quid, I could have avoided it all from happening in the first place......hindsight ah?
Even a single low-cost patio style deadlock on the back door would have avoided it maybe? Assuming that because the locks on house have a BS number doesn't mean that they are nothing short of useless!!!
The sort of car that it was, meant it was always going to be attractive to the lower members of society, and I accepted and understood that when I bought it. In truth it was a bit of a mid-life crisis purchase when after a test drive my wife said to me "I haven't seen you smile so much in years". So that was it, done deal....lol
I thought that I had put the necessary plans in place to secure it as best I could, steering lock, alarm, Faraday pouch etc. My biggest error was I failed to understand or appreciate the securty of the house and as a result I've paid the ultimate price.
The other "problem", it would often sit on the drive for days even weeks at time, so it was more of an expensive ornament than an actual mode of transport.
The shocker, our bedroom overlooks the driveway and on the night in question the window was open. The car had a very distinct burble when it started until the second exhaust valve shut down and the exhaust then quietened down quite considerably. We never heard a thing

They searched all the downstairs cupboards trying to find the car keys, this included going into the integral garage where all my bikes, wheels, turbo and tools were. If it was the bikes they wanted, then it was just a single up and over door that was between them and getting away with the whole lot!!!
That thought alone haunts me and has the been the basis on many a dream/nightmare ever since.
