Big thank you to my brilliant boys in blue

I can’t do this column without saying a huge thank you to Ryan and David from Tayside Police who came to my rescue this week.

I was on my way north to Bervie Primary School to deliver playground tennis as part of the community engagement programme around the Battle of the Brits event and pulled into a garage to top up with oil.

I accidentally knocked the oil cap into the body of the engine. It went so far down that I couldn’t see it or reach in to feel for it because the engine was hot. Obviously you can’t drive without it and I had just begun to phone a car dealership to get a replacement when two policemen – parked in the garage – came over to help.

They shone torches into the bonnet and then were down on the ground, trying to locate my oil cap from underneath the car using their truncheons. It took quite a while but eventually they nudged it out. Result.

I have had very few occasions in my life to call on the police but talk about being in the right place at the right time. This damsel in distress was very grateful.