A couple of hours ago I caught a bike thief. Another one, possibly. Except of course I didn't catch them. And it was the wrong sort of bike. But I did see it happen. Red motorbike, white scooter, riding up and down a street in the city centre (Park St), motorbike is two-up. Doesn't seem to be using either mirrors or indicators, suddenly swerving into side streets. Later see them in a side street further up, they've met another biker. All in full face helmets and leather jackets. One jumps on a little black scooter parked there – lots of m/c parking round there – another holds the front wheel between his legs, a quick tug on the bars and the steering lock is broken and off they go. All took about 30 seconds. So I phoned the police. Describing it all with their "methodical" questions took a lot longer than 30 seconds. Not sure I'd bother again unless personal injury was involved. I'm pretty sure all three bikes were stolen, probably the scooters will end up as charred mess later tonight, maybe on the cycle path. Hey ho, great fun.