Copscotch! Hilarious moment two police officers play hopscotch after five-year-old chalks the game on the pavement outside his house
- Officers played hopscotch Ted chalked outside his house in Matlock, Derbyshire
- Ted Bailey-Bowler drew the game with his new chalk set after his fifth birthday
- The officers completed the course and cheered as they continued their patrol
Police officers played hopscotch after a five-year-old chalked the game outside his house.
Police community support officers Holly Meadows and Fiona Clancy jumped through the hopscotch game Ted Bailey-Bowler drew on the pavement outside his house on Smedley Street in Matlock, Derbyshire.
Ted had his fifth birthday in isolation last week and he and his mum used his new chalk set to draw the game on the pavement for people walking past.
The heartwarming video starts with one officer rapidly completing the game.
Ted Bailey-Bowler drew the hopscotch court on the pavement outside his house on Smedley Street in Matlock, Derbyshire, with a chalk se he had gotten for his fifth birthday
Although she stops just before the end of the squares at blocks eight and nine.
Before she’s finished the game another officer begins the course.
Eight and nine seem to be the tricky blocks as she skips eight and goes straight to ten.
The first officer hops through each block quickly and neatly and she completes the game swiftly
The officer skips number eight and jumps diagonally on number nine and ten before stopping the game
The second police officer realises that they have both skipped some blocks and she goes back.
She counts as she completes the game: ‘nine, ten, 11, 12’ and they both cheer.
Ted’s mum Lis Bailey-Bowler told the BBC: ‘It was for anyone passing it’s a bit tricky at the end.
‘PCSOs Clancy and Meadows loved having a go.’
Ted’s mum shared the charming footage with Derbyshire police who posted it on their facebook page.
The second officer finishes the hopscotch and realises that there are more blocks left so she goes back and does them
Lis posted the video on her personal Facebook page with the caption: ‘Favourite hopscotch video so far.’
Her friends commented that they loved the video and Vic Bee, noticing the difficult hops on the higher numbers asked: ‘Have you made it tricky at the end?’
‘It is such a lovely thing to watch in these horrid times,’ said Michele Lines-Davies.