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A Somerton-based postman who went beyond the call of duty to deliver bedpans to Langport residents at the Glastonbury Festival last summer has been promoted by The Royal Mail.
Joby Hoare, who can't be named for legal reasons, was flying his paramotor over Worthy Farm when he accidentally dropped a crate of 500 bedpans onto Emily Eavis's tent just as she was watching the Klu Klux Klan, who were supporting American recording artist Kanye West.
According to The Western Gazette, festival goers were 'astonished' when the 60 year-old, pictured above on a skiing holiday at Bowdens last winter, came into land. The Civil Aviation Authority prosecuted Mr Hoare for 'flying into restricted airspace' despite the fact that several hundred middle-aged 'grow-your-own' hippies from Drayton had been 'flying in restricted airspace' since Tuesday morning of that week.
There are also allegations the paramotor pilot killed two Pilton Churchwardens (above) when he emptied his 'in-flight loo' as he passed over the Red Cross tent on the same day.
But Royal Mail says it's "delighted" with Mr Hoare's performance and has offered him a promotion - asking him to deliver dodgy parcels to the Wagg Drove area in Huish Episcopi for the next 30 years.
Carry On Langport and all its readers wish Joby good luck in his new post...and buy him a pint if you see him...the fine from Magistrates at Weston-super-Mare was pretty hefty.
