After spending I don’t know how many millions of euros on radar speed traps the Guardia Civil once again have red faces. It suddenly became common to see Guardia Civil standing by the side of the road pointing what look like hairdryers at passing cars. Shortly after it seemed as if everybody I knew had been issued with speeding tickets, in fact I felt quite left out for not having one. On today’s news they said anybody who had been issued a speeding ticket since Christmas didn’t have to pay it, and those who already have paid would get a refund. I stopped what I was doing and listened. So many people had appealed against their speeding fines that an investigation was set up. When a brick wall was found to travelling at forty kilometres an hour (we know this because the hairdryer said so), it was decided that humble pie was on the police menu once again. Back to the drawing board boys!