My kids were invited to a special festival this weekend. They were camping out at the place as the festivities looked like being on until late and it was a fair way from home. It is also a part of Sheffield that I cannot go to for personal reasons, but trust me - probably lots better that I stay away from this area.

So - this morning I get a text saying the kids are stranded there and is there any way I can drive over to fetch them?

Yerk?

So - what to do? Would you go even though it could rip your life apart, or would you hope they are responsible enough to find their way to a place far enough away from this and then arrange collection?

Dragon

Originally posted by Dragon
My kids were invited to a special festival this weekend. They were camping out at the place as the festivities looked like being on until late and it was a fair way from home. It is also a part of Sheffield that I cannot go to for personal reasons, but trust me - probably lots better that I stay away from this area.

So - this morning I get a text saying the kids are stranded there and is there any way I can drive over to fetch them?

Yerk?

So - what to do? Would you go even though it could rip your life apart, or would you hope they are responsible enough to find their way to a place far enough away from this and then arrange collection?

Dragon

you do owt for your kids regardless... if they are stranded loads could happen to them!

Arrange for a taxi to collect them and drop them off to a point where it is safe for you to pick them up and pay for the taxi. if you know there are risks involved in going to an area which could cause major upheaval in your life then I dont think you're being a prat if you decide to err on the cautious side.

Agreed, you need to put your nippers first, whatever the cost.

A taxi would do it nicely, or what about a relative or a family friend to pick them up for you if you asked them nicely.

Hope your kids are ok though!

Don't you have a friend who you can trust to fetch them for you? or as Wendy suggests the taxi looks a good bet.

Sorry I can't be of more help but my car is being used as Mums taxi today :(

SOMEONE ELSE MAY WISH TO OFFER THEIR CAR THOUGH. :thumbsup:

Get the kids to stand on a street corner, hire a taxi, get a scarf around your head and get them.

I hope I never **** anyone off so much that part of my home city is a no-go zone for me. :(

Joe

Originally posted by Dragon
So - what to do? Would you go even though it could rip your life apart, or would you hope they are responsible enough to find their way to a place far enough away from this and then arrange collection?



It really depends on your reasons for avoiding this part of town. As others have said, a friend of a taxi are two alternatives.

Hope your kids are ok.

Avoiding that part of town for someone elses benefit as much as my own.

Have heard from the kids mother and to make matters worse they do not want collecting until around 3pm - which is an ideal time for me not to be seen in the area in question.

Don't know what the taxi fare will be but I imagine it will be quite expensive. Seems my car is the only car available at this time, or I am the only person not otherwise engaged. Do you ever get a feeling the fates are sitting there having a damned good laugh at our problems?

Thanks for your help anyhow. Just another of those things that needs sorting.

Dragon

Im not wanting to pry in to the reason's you have for not going to that certain place so I'm guessing you dont want to see someone.

Think about it logicaly...whats the chances of bumping in to them?

If its quite high, well the taxi idea is quite a good one..or just tell the kids to come out of where they are and get straight in the car and drive away.

Or..

Think about how big this city is! The chances of bumbping in to one perticular person is so remote it shouldn't be a worry

Just go, **** it, stop being a pussy!:D

Gosh miniminch. I wish my life could be as plain and easy as yours is. Wish I was so 'in your face' as to have no regard for anyone other than myself.

The area of the city itself is pretty small and the likelihood of bumping into this person is large. It looks like I will have to fetch them myself but I am far from happy about it.

Anyhow - thanks all the same.

Dragon

LOL

i was gonna say something on those lines

surely if its somebody to avoid, you go, get the kids and get out....if your driving itll be quicker than hanging around for buses.
whats the likely hood the person and yourself will bump into each other? not very id reckon

if your not allowed in that area by the police, you go in, get em in the car and out as fast as you can :P

If they're in the City Centre, I could do it for you.

Thanks Wendy. Nah! They are in one of Sheffields villages, unfortunately. Very kind of you all the same.

Makes me proud to be a human at times ;)

Dragon

Given these Sheffield villages that sounds like it could be a potentially very serious problem. Sorry dont drive, have a car or driving license so cant be of any more help. Hope someone else can help you sort it out.

What area of Sheffield is it Dragon (PM me if you prefer) as I'm in Woodhouse and have a car and will be back home by 3.00. If your kids are this side of town I don't mind picking them up and meeting you somewhere?

I've got my neice staying with me at the moment so your kids wouldn't have to get in a car with just a strange adult if that's any help?

Hope you get something sorted.

Hels

Originally posted by wendygs
Given these Sheffield villages that sounds like it could be a potentially very serious problem. Sorry dont drive, have a car or driving license so cant be of any more help. Hope someone else can help you sort it out.

Which 'Sheffield villages' are you talking about, people?

And, if this 'village' is really so dangerous, why did you let your kids CAMP (of all insecure ways to spend a night) there, Dragon? They don't sound very old if they need you to go pick them up rather than catching a bus back, but are presumably old enough camp on their own, safely?

Sorry for interfering, but this thread doesn't seem to make sense!

:confused:

How can you bump into someone whilst driving a car.

Drive up, kids get in (takes 10 seconds) drive off.
Not much chance of bumping into someone unless they leap infront of your car.

and what a taxi may cost you £30 but surely its worth spending that to avoid the problem?

Originally posted by SHsheff
Which 'Sheffield villages' are you talking about, people?

And, if this 'village' is really so dangerous, why did you let your kids CAMP (of all insecure ways to spend a night) there, Dragon? They don't sound very old if they need you to go pick them up rather than catching a bus back, but are presumably old enough camp on their own, safely?

Sorry for interfering, but this thread doesn't seem to make sense!

:confused:

After a quick chat with Dragon I now realise that the village isn't thought to be 'dangerous' as such. Phew!



:thumbsup:

Thanks everyone. I am going to bite the bullet if nothing else pops up and fetch the kids myself. Have to admit I find the idea very very un-nerving, especially as the location they are in is so close to where I do not want to go. But what am I - a man or a mouse? Squeek squeek.

Just drive out there, bundle kids in car, drive out again. Keep eyes closed and stereo turned up full so I cannot hear anything. Take lots of nerve pills before I set out. Anything I have forgotten?

Thanks you lot.

Dragon

Send them a text message with strict instructions not to dally around with people they've met and that they're to get in the car smartish. In case you havent gathered, Im a right coward and would avoid such difficulties at any cost.

Originally posted by Dragon
Thanks everyone. I am going to bite the bullet if nothing else pops up and fetch the kids myself. Have to admit I find the idea very very un-nerving, especially as the location they are in is so close to where I do not want to go. But what am I - a man or a mouse? Squeek squeek.

Just drive out there, bundle kids in car, drive out again. Keep eyes closed and stereo turned up full so I cannot hear anything. Take lots of nerve pills before I set out. Anything I have forgotten?

Thanks you lot.

Dragon


SO???? How was it m8e?

Been thinking of you! :)

I was in constant contact with the mother of my two kids. I did not have to fetch them as they were able to make their way to her house in Stocksbridge. Had a bit of a tense time not hearing from them while they were on a local bus but relieved to hear they were safely home. I was sat waiting by the telephone, car keys at the ready, waiting for a phone call, ready to sprint off and fetch them regardless of all else.

Nothing but nothing comes between me and the safety of my kids. Nothing. And that goes for all my kids.

Thanks to everyone on site for the many offers of help, those who kept me chatting to keep my mind off my worries all afternoon, those who posted, and those who have been thinking of us all. This may not have been someone sat at home awaiting news of loved ones after a bombing. It may not have been a parent waiting for news of an abducted kid. But it was every bit as dramatic for me and I really do thank you all.
May not seem like that for some of you - but wait til your kids grow up a bit and are in need of your help but you feel helpless.

Thanks Sheffield Forum

Dragon

Good to see everything worked out ok Dragon :thumbsup:

Yeah, glad that it's passed for you Dragon.

Horrid at the time, clearly, but it'll stand you in good stead for the next time something similar happens. You'll be better placed to cope next time, knowing you've got thru it this time.

All the best m8e.

:)