We live in a cul de sac. Perfectly nice and reasonable road, we live in the far corner of it. It’s detached, we have woods at the back and a public footpath that runs along our right hand fence, all the way down. The footpath goes into the woods that leads into another housing estate. The entrance to the footpath doesn’t actually begin by our house it starts a bit further up. Bit hard to explain without drawing a map ( too late for that!)
Anyway about half an hour ago, I was in bed and DP was downstairs watching tv. I could hear a banging noise as if someone was trying to kick something but couldn’t make out where from. DP came up to see if he could see anything from our bedroom window, the front bedroom. Then it sounds like someone is trying to kick our fence by the alleyway , so DP goes rushing down there, our patio doors and kitchen side doors all open, as it’s hot. Kitchen side door leads out onto our garden and the side fence, DP says he hears a man shouting Fuck Fuck but proceeds to walk down the footpath. DP locks all our doors and goes to the alleyway to check what happened or if anyone was still there ( despite me telling him to wait until morning). DP returns 5 mins later, no sign of anyone but someone has broken our top trellis off. The alleyway is pitch black with no lights.We have trellis running down the whole of the fence, about 10 foot of it has been deliberately broken off by some twat it appears.
Nothing too bad, DP will fix tomorrow.
Anyway DP thinks it was just some random drunk, I’m inclined to agree but feel a bit uneasy. I’ve got DD asleep in her bed but now shut all the windows in the house apart from our bedroom window.
I’m a bit scared that same person might come back and try and break in.
No point really phoning police now as it’s over with, but am on edge a bit.
We’ve lived here three years, never had any previous problems with the footpath, apart from a few loud or drunk people walking down it.
Any advice about how to maybe settle down for the night? DP in bed now too.