Will the last Englishman out of the country turn the lights out please ?

Exactly the reason we are leaving this creaking old country !

Got home last night after a lovely meal in Prezzo to find what we believed to be our new police checks. Considering we already have them from last year, and neither of us have had a brush with the law since, you would think it a simple process.

We sent them seperately this time, as it confused the poor little people last time having 2 applications in 1 envelope, and this time after waiting 3 weeks, we get 2 envelopes back. One said we supplied the wrong info, and was returned. It was not the wrong info, it was the same statement as in the other envelope ! Arghhh ! The other said thanks, we have received your request, it will be 40 days. Thats on top of the 21 days we have already waited ! It is a 2 minute job, if you get stopped on the roadside the police have the info in 2 seconds !

This place is going down the tubes, we cant wait to get out.