At 6:25 this evening, my Dad phoned me. A bit confused as a lady he's never seen before appeared on his doorstep with a 4-pack of Greene King IPA.
Mrs [ref]gunners100[/ref], it turns out, works at a local Tesco. When she left work tonight she detoured to Littlehampton and took beer to my old man. Some detour, as I'm fairly certain she would have had to go significantly out of her way. Whatever the rights and wrongs of that, I would like to thank her from the bottom of my heart. That simple action has made my Dad very happy and for me, has shown the worth of this forum, and proved that there are still many decent people in the world.
When all this is over and we are allowed to travel again, I will be heading south to buy this lovely couple a drink or two.
In the meantime, I will endeavour to repeat the favour for anyone who needs it.
I could write for ages about how I feel, but in the end it boils down to this:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.