Thank you all for the kind words, I am too sad to tell you the truth, we have parked things off the road in a village with 500 people population, so to have something taken like that is quite a shock anyway... I tend to take a Swiss stand on this one, it must have been somebody from the outside, who parked the car in the same spot as us and out scooters, did whatever they came for, and leaving picked up the one that was shiny and new, leaving us at least the old one, thank Goodness for that, and put it into the trunk and left... But still the wickedness of stealing, and stealing from a child.

Makes me sick. Last time they threw it into the pit behind the bins (must have been a kid) eventually (that's a few months back, when the old scooter was newer), so I am still checking there every day in the hope...