A London Marathon runner who is training with a fridge on his back was stopped by police amid suspicion he may have stolen the appliance.
Daniel Fairbrother said he was on an early run in Stevenage when Hertfordshire Constabulary officers activated blue lights and halted traffic before speaking to him.
The 34-year-old said the confusion was soon cleared up after he explained his challenge. The police officers shook his hand and wished him luck before leaving.
Mr Fairbrother is running with a fridge strapped to his back to raise £10,000 for Diabetes UK to support his friend who lives with the condition.
Naming the appliance “Tallulah”, after the bobsleigh in Cool Runnings, Mr Fairbrother said he was only on his second training run when he was stopped by police.
“They put their blue lights on, held up the traffic and stopped me to find out what on earth was going on. Understandably they had not seen anything like it before,” he told the BBC.
“One police officer wound down his window and said: ‘You understand we’ve got to stop you, is that a fridge on your back?’”.
After explaining the purpose of the fridge, Mr Fairbrother said the officer joked: “You do know if you order from Currys, they will deliver it for you?”.
Wondering if there is a better joke than the one Dibble dropped but I cannot think of anything apart from the need to check the fridge was running correctly. Apart from that I’ve got nothing.
I nearly thought it was that YouTube traveler, Bald & Bankrupt
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**From The Telegraph:**
A London Marathon runner who is training with a fridge on his back was stopped by police amid suspicion he may have stolen the appliance.
Daniel Fairbrother said he was on an early run in Stevenage when Hertfordshire Constabulary officers activated blue lights and halted traffic before speaking to him.
The 34-year-old said the confusion was soon cleared up after he explained his challenge. The police officers shook his hand and wished him luck before leaving.
Mr Fairbrother is running with a fridge strapped to his back to raise £10,000 for Diabetes UK to support his friend who lives with the condition.
Naming the appliance “Tallulah”, after the bobsleigh in Cool Runnings, Mr Fairbrother said he was only on his second training run when he was stopped by police.
“They put their blue lights on, held up the traffic and stopped me to find out what on earth was going on. Understandably they had not seen anything like it before,” he told the BBC.
“One police officer wound down his window and said: ‘You understand we’ve got to stop you, is that a fridge on your back?’”.
After explaining the purpose of the fridge, Mr Fairbrother said the officer joked: “You do know if you order from Currys, they will deliver it for you?”.
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Couldn’t believe this wasn’t Tony the Fridge. Glad to see someone else is carrying the torch! (Or, fridge)
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/tony-fridge-hang-up-42kg-11671267
Hope they doughnated
Maybe they were looking for Boris Johnson
Wondering if there is a better joke than the one Dibble dropped but I cannot think of anything apart from the need to check the fridge was running correctly. Apart from that I’ve got nothing.
I nearly thought it was that YouTube traveler, Bald & Bankrupt