True story: So I was moving away from the area, the place I was living in came totally unfurnished (In hind site it would of just caused an inviting break in if any thing of value had been left in the house). So we had to get ourselves a cheap electric cooker. We did, we found one of gumtree, heavy thing, it took 3 of us to lift it and get it in place but we managed it. When moving out day came, the 3 of us let out a big sigh and lugged it out of the place onto the street and called the council to collect it.

After no more then 20 mins a strapping, huge woman turned up. Bear hugged the thing and walked up a hill with it. My jaw dropped!

It's just one of those areas. It's not that there are specialized bike thieves with mini gas cutters and a huge arsenal of tools. It's just if you leave it, some one will have it.

I don't like visiting the area too often and I'm trying to convince my friends to rearrange the furniture in some way so I can keep it inside.