Our block of flats was broken into last week. Not our flat but the two behind us in the same building – between 6 and 8pm Friday night!

We were having dinner at 2nx and the others were away for the weekend so our place could’ve easily been done over too.

Last night I was moving house with Mal – walking down the road with my suitcase full of speakers and an amplifier in a shopping bag – when a guy ran past. Nothing odd there although it did look like he was carrying a camcorder in his hands. A minute later another guy runs up to us and I clock what’s happened and ask the guy as much.

“Did you see a guy running up here? He just stole the stereo from my car!”

“Yeah, he just ran that way. Ahh damn dude, if I’d have known I could’ve stopped him! Sh1t!”

“I only had my socks on so I couldn’t keep up with him”

“Damn!” I shook my head and we parted ways.

Should I consider insurance? At the very least, I think a NAS setup with nightly backup of the laptop would be worthwhile. If they nick the laptop, they might not spot the hidden drive containing my data? What about the cameras? Damn! Too much $$ and ?? to think about. And Ealing seemed like such a nice area..