So impressive how well you understood the psychology of the various uniformed guys and then had the presence of mind to invoke that they respect to get them on your side ... Along with all the horror you refer to, and then this madness you were subjected to... but how masterfully you kept your cool !

Have you considered getting out of Hereford?

I knew an Iranian woman who went to Sunderland to do her PHD (its on the north east coast just below Newcastle) and after that isolating experience she swore she would never live anywhere else in the UK but in London. !