Advice from the Gendarmerie

Although we are very lucky in this region not suffering too much crime one still has to be on ones guard and take sensible precautions. An absolute give away to thieves is leaving gates or garage doors open when 'just nipping out'. So close those gates if there is nobody left in the house. A friend can testify to the need of this advice and although the burglar did not end up stealing things he did make a terrible mess of the house. The gendarmes visiting the scene were adamant that the opportunist  thief would have recognised this signal.