Nicola Bulley 45y Old mum of 2 little girls missing from River Wyre area since last Friday morning at 9:15am walking her dog, Willow.

It’s the ‘not knowing’ that’s the worst part of it all

Yes, it must be agony. I keep thinking of my poor MIL and all those others when they got that telegram during the war 'Missing, presumed dead'.

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It is a desperately sad situation for all concerned. I expect her partner is not daring to think the worst. Poor man. All the family’s focus is probably on those little girls missing mum. As a mother of two daughters myself, I’d be beside myself and I’m certain they are too. Poor little family. Poor Nicola.

Oh that’s nasty Jjooly
There seems to be different views about the harness I read where she did take it off the dog when he was out for a long run.
I expect there are many conflicting ideas and thoughts
The poor, poor children and the rest of the family
It’s the ‘not knowing’ that’s the worst part of it all The no answers no body to grieve, the long long hours of wondering and thinking and going over and over all the what ifs.

This poor, distraught family. And those 2 little girls missing their mummy. Each time I switch on the tv or log onto news I’m hoping for good news but with each passing day it becomes more of a worry for her family and friends.

Yesterday morning at 8:30am I looked at the clock and thought to myself ‘this time last week Nicola was just dropping her children off at school’. It made me so sad.

I keep thinking of her family. They seem so loving and close. Waiting for news must just be agony for them.

I can’t imagine how her loved ones are coping. To lose her in such strange circumstances with amateur detectives reaching conclusions without the information the police have from their thorough investigations

Callistemon21

It's just to easy to slip, lose your footing and then fall in. I know that only too well and the police believe that is what happened.
Nicola was wearing heavy clothing and wellingtons.

Other speculation is just cruel. The family is suffering enough without that.

Well said 👏🏻👏🏻

He is most probably in shock.

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I wondered about the dog's harness as well Jaberwok it was not usual for her to remove it.
I hope this is resolved soon, it must be hell for the family wondering what has happened.

There’s one exit not covered by CCTV cameras. Police have appealed for info from anyone in that vicinity.

There was no ball, that has been confirmed by the family. The real question is, why she took the dogs harness off when, again apparently, she always kept it on while out for a walk. Perhaps there was an issue with the dog by the edge of the river bank and she lost her balance? Having lived by the Thames for many years I fully understand that rivers are very dangerous particularly in winter, but this lady would have been well aware of that too. What a dreadful thing, lets hope there are some answers very soon.

it is an awful tragedy if she fell, water is so dangerous and I think we are all guilty of taking for granted how powerful it is - whether rivers or sea.

Veejay you don’t always have to skid in maybe she overreached to grab the ball from going in or something similar and fell in She had heavy clothing and wellies on and it’s a fast flowing river to the sea
It’s all speculation and my first thought was abduction but it seems more likely that it was a hideous mistake one way or another
Apparently all CCTV and door videos in the area have been checked and there’s no other person seen anywhere

Sounds more and more likely a horrible, horrible once in a lifetime accident

People go missing all the time: even youngsters. So I never understand how the police seem to know straight away if it’s a situation where maximum publicity is needed asap.

It 10 minutes.but apparently there were no skid marks
Also it was reported that she had an important meeting with a client that morning.but only seen that mentioned once

It's just to easy to slip, lose your footing and then fall in. I know that only too well and the police believe that is what happened.
Nicola was wearing heavy clothing and wellingtons.

Other speculation is just cruel. The family is suffering enough without that.

It’s less than that nanna8.
I can’t remember if it is 10 or 20 minutes

It seems there is just 30 minutes unaccounted for between someone seeing her and someone finding her dog and phone. Very strange and very sad.

It will have to be part of what they are thinking, but quite rightly they would not say so.

BlueBelle

In addition to my last post about mud skid marks it could have been something as simple as over reaching to get the dogs ball and not necessarily a skid
There’s no way a loving mum would leave her children Katie

It’s rare but does happen.

In addition to my last post about mud skid marks it could have been something as simple as over reaching to get the dogs ball and not necessarily a skid
There’s no way a loving mum would leave her children Katie

I was rather hoping that she had “done a flit” because then would be alive and most likely return home unharmed, as thousands do every year. What ever agony is caused by a “missing” person has got to be better than drowning or kidnap, or maybe others think different.

Clearly the police fear the worst now it’s so sad that can happen in broad daylight when others are only a few minutes away.

I agree Fanny I think anyone thinking she’s gone on purpose is way off the mark and a bit of a cruel thought
I also saw that she often took the dogs harness off, the fact he was running round by the bench was probably because the phone was there and that was his link with her
Perhaps the dog was ahead and didn’t see her go in the water and ran back and couldn’t find her hence he was dry etc

My only reservation to this theory is wouldn’t there be mud skid marks if she slid in the water accidentally for whatever reason (reaching for something, or helping an animal etc)