Friday 8 July 2016

Friday 01/07/2016 – Au Revoir Danny?


The Metro took us directly to the ground with a 15 minute walk and t the first security checkpoint the heavens opened.  Quickly I finished off my water and rushed inside, only to realise that there was no Danny. 

He must be outside and there was no way that we could be re-untied as Dragon’s can only enter the Stade when accompanied by an adult.  As it was raining he had been sheltering inside my bag that meant that both Danny and my bag had become a security risk as I had left him dangling on a pair of handle bars 10m away from the checkpoint.  Would the kick off be delayed or maybe even the match postponed?  To the folk on the security gates this went beyond what they had been trained for, someone telling them that they had left a bag on the handlebars of a bicycle by the first security check.  This was how I managed to meet the Head of Security for the Stade who personally escorted me back through all the security checks out of the ground to the bicycle with my bag (and Danny) dangling from the handlebars.  We then returned by the same route to re-enter the ground, although after being giving the most thorough search yet by the steward who the Head of Security left me with him, I wonder why?   After all this getting inside the Stade was a relief.

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