Opened the garage door this morning and spotted a huge scrape on the front nearside of my car.  Immediately knew when and where it happened – Tewkesbury car park on Monday morning when a silver car was really badly parked in the space next to the one where I parked mine.  Checked and yes, there’s silver paint on the scraping.

I know it’s only the bumper and it will be replaced.  I know it’s only a car and not a person.  I know it’s only money – but I’d rather spend it on fun than on unnecessary car repairs caused by someone else's carelessness and negligence.  I know I could claim it on our insurance but no doubt there’ll be a very good reason why I can’t.

So I’m miffed.