Every Sunday evening I played football with my friends from work, just a friendly kick about to keep fit. Afterwards I would walk back along the canal about two miles to get back home. I never saw anyone on this stretch of the canal, so was a great place to clear your mind. This Sunday after play, I followed my usual routine and started down the tow path. It was autumn so was starting to get a little dark.
After about half a mile I saw a bike coming toward me, I was a bit nervous at first being so isolated and alone, but calmed down when I saw it was a Police Officer cycling by. I smiled and nodded as he cycled past. After another couple of hundred yards, the Officer passed by again, only slower this time. Staring as he went by. He cycled round the bend and out of my vision.
After I got round the bend I could see the Officer standing at the side of the canal with his bike. As I got closer he stopped me. He said drug dealers dealt from here and asked me if I had seen anyone else. I said no but that did not deter him. He told me he was going to search me, he ordered me to stand with my hands crossed behind my head. He started patting down my sleeves, then my chest and back, then my football shorts.