Although I daresay I had rather too much champagne on Saturday evening, later today we will most certainly be cracking open another bottle. The police came round earlier and dropped Lyn’s stolen mac off. She is examining it as I write. I must admit that, when it was first taken, I did not have much hope of ever seeing it again I’ve experienced such a thing once before, when my Lightwriter was stolen, and that episode taught me not to get my hopes up. But I had not factored in the tenacity of Lyn Levett.

Looking back, it’s quite an incredible story, really. I helped Lyn buy a new computer to replace the old one. Using that, she realised that the old computer was still logging on to her network, and was able to see what the guy who had it was doing. She made a film about it and put it on youtube in the hope of getting help finding it. With a little help from my friend Becca, this was brought to the attention of a reporter from channel Four. But then the trail went cold, until a few weeks ago when the Mac appeared back on her network. Lyn and my brother Luke were then able to track it down to an address in Manchester, we told the police, and the rest, as they say, is history.

The story has ended very happily indeed. Words cannot describe how grateful I am to Luke, Becca, and everyone else who got involved, nor how proud I am of Lyn. She never gave up. I can’t help thinking what an awesome film this might one day make. You know, I think I’ll email that guy from channel for again, and then start work on the screenplay.