There was a sudden downpour which soaked us all within 5 minutes, but it cleared up within half an hour. Between the storm, and the students being away, it was set to be a fairly quiet night. We were pleasantly surprised to see the ARC in the city centre. Queues at most venues were shorter than usual or non-existent, so we found ourselves heading back up Park Street for a break earlier than usual. About halfway up, Mark picked up a call on the radio saying that someone had gone into the water at BSB. We turned around and scuttled back down the hill. When we got there, door staff explained that someone had deliberately jumped in but had been fished out and taken away by the police. Not sure if it was related, but we noticed the nearest life ring was missing.We messaged our contact at the Maritime Volunteer Service to inform them of the missing equipment and also ask if we can have a map to check the other life rings. We do carry our own throwline, in case of emergency. In general, we had good interactions with people and didn’t come across anyone in dire need of our help. We did have a few more street furniture related encounters. We re-instated the metal fencing panel intended to stop people trying to use the steps from Park Street down to Frogmore Street (twice).
Also, at the bottom of Park Street we saw a couple of lads carrying some barriers and traffic cones. One thought it would be a good idea to use them to block off the steps down to OMG. After a brief chat, he was quite apologetic and we put them out of the way next to the council house.
Finally, up on Queens Road, we noted a drain cover missing from the pavement (earlier in the evening it had been marked by a traffic cone). Sarah managed to track down another traffic cone which we placed in such a way that it would hopefully not be moved again…
