Camera repair trip: Crimewatch style.

My camera has been playing up for the last few weeks. Almost every time I turn it on it says "change the batteries" despite having new batteries or freshly charged ones.

Off we went this weekend to the camera shop in Newcastle where we bought the camera to get their opinion on it.

The staff were very helpful and spent quite a while helping to check the camera over while Sian , Rhiannon and Gareth hung around the counters looking at all the cameras behind glass doors.

Suddenly our three kids turned super detective and started yelling that a man had just left the shop with two pairs of binoculars stuffed in his pockets. They had watched him fiddle with a lock on a glass cabinet and got anxious when he put the things in his pockets but still thought he might be going to the sales staff to ask how much they were (?) but as he walked out the door they knew he was stealing them so they ran over to tell the staff.

There was no way of catching him as he had jumped on a bike and was gone before the staff could get to the street. The girls gave really good descriptions of the mans height and build, his clothing (down to the logo on his work top and hat) and the colour and style of bike.

The staff were very grateful and took our details in case they need to follow it up. They gave the kids handfuls of freebies, pen holders, magnets and mini torches as a thank you for being such good Super Sleuths.

It was an adventurous shopping trip and we think we may have fixed the problem with the camera too! It was time to go get a strong coffee!