The hair on my arms are still standing on its end.
I went to see my mate and he points out a rectangular shape on his car roof. The rest of it was dustier and you could clearly see the shape of where the phone was. I go and hide in his house while he goes knocking on his neighbours door- no success they havent seen it
With my mate driving he starts showing me all the hedges hes looked in with his dog. Im thinking at some point im gonna have to break the news to him that the phone is gone, get over it.
It seems that we're driving for miles and all the time im staring at the grass trying to register everything thats buzzing past. We must have gone 2 miles and i begin facing him to talk to him. "Keep looking you p***k" he said so again i begin staring at everything thats buzzing past. I used to play bingo when i was a kid, this reminded me of bingo yet a million times faster and no definite chance there was gonna be a prize. At this point i asked if hes already looked here "oh yeah me and the dog have been up here 3 or 4 times" Im thinking this is the time i need to tell him to forget about it. It was in a rubbery case but im finding it really difficult to see how it could have stayed on the roof that long. We then start approaching the A30 dual carriageway and he reckons this is where he thinks he's probably booted it and potentially blown off. He's driving as slow as he deemed safe which in my head was a million miles an hour- theres alot of crap on the sides of the dual carriageway from what i saw. Im sat with my face up against the glass almost getting hypnotised by all the things buzzing past me- squashed cans, crisp packets, not squashed cans bits of tyre etc etc then.............i thought i saw something similar- pressing hard against the glass and crooking my neck to the left i make out its a circular black end cap like you get on cardboard tube packaging. Like a naughty dog i unstick my face from the window and try and compose myself in the chair. Im starting to squint and screw up my face to try and get my head straight. Im thinking this must be how the contestants felt on that game show trying to remember the cuddly toy and kettle. I go back to staring at grass, some green some brown then.........all of a sudden i see a glimpse of something rectangular and black. I think my eye was drawn to a shiny circle in the rectangle so i shout "STOP" my mate says, "oh your f*****g kidding me"
I cant believe what im seeing. I find the thing face down and im shouting like a complete loon. I start carrying it back to the car and the excitement goes a little when i find the case is broke
I hand it over to my mate who then tells me its an after market one
I hadn't held an iphone before so didnt realise they were so thin
When i found it it was only the cover missing from the back, this photo was an after thought but i thought it was worth a pic
The battery was on red and i'd never seen so many missed calls and messages in my life. I cant believe the only damage was a chip to the top of the phone (silver bit just above the earpiece) My mates smiling like a cheshire cat when he realises the phone still works, then he says hes a bit gutted about the chip
When we get back to his house his Mrs cant believe we found it. She's all giggly and suggests we quit our jobs and make a living out of it
Twas a very surreal night and not in a million years did i think we would find it. Ive asked him to take a pic of his daughter reunited with her favourite postman pat app tomorrow.
Hungry horse at the weekend and hes buying
Before i left we slid that little tiny "enable icloud tracking " button across so atleast we can narrow down the search nex.........if it ever goes missing again
Sorry for rambling, the excitement got too much and i felt i should share
