It’s absolutely possible I was overthinking. But let me explain my logic a little more. I ended up waiting for my taxi next to a busy restaurant with probably 60 people inside, and 3 staff enjoying a smoke break outside. Then i’d have to sit in a car with a taxi driver who doesn’t know me from Adam for about 30 mins. Rather than stopping in my usual private car park I would be dropped off on my street with a busy pub, numerous B&Bs and two more large restaurants and I’d have to walk maybe 60m to get in my door. If any one of those well meaning people phones 999 and says “I saw a man getting in/out a car with a gun” my guess is the police would be obligated to investigate. Best case maybe a taxi driver has to spend 15 minutes talking to a bobby instead of getting his next trip, and I’m kept from my bed by another 15 minutes answering silly questions. Worst case an over zealous armed policeman who thinks this sounds more interesting than dealing with drunk Rangers fans invents some sort of drama and who knows what he decides to do. It took 7 or 8 minutes to get through to police Scotland on 101 and maybe another 3 minutes to log a report, which killed 10 minutes of time waiting for my recovery. And now if anything ever did come from it I've done ‘everything in my power’ to minimise disruption.
