having consumed more than enough brandy between them , the pair had wisely agreed that arnold would be foolish to push his luck behind the wheel of his beloved old car , if indeed he would have managed to get it to splutter into life after laying dormant during the recent cold snap , in order to return miss moseley to hq as it were , and they had decided to walk the half-mile or so through the village and had clocked-in in no time at all .