"I believe in forgiveness, and a God who forgives. I always have and I still do," the AI verison of Mr Pelkey - wearing a grey baseball cap - continues.
"Come to enjoy the countryside, but be safe, be responsible," Mr Aitken said.On-call firefighters maintain regular jobs, but respond to emergencies - dropping whatever they may be doing to respond to a call out.
Mr Gardner, 44, remembers watching a nativity performance at the school village hall when his pager went off, alerting him to an incident."There was a big rattle of chairs and five of us ran out," he said."Apparently, the kids just carried on."
Mr Aitken, 62, remembers putting the first roast potato in his mouth one Christmas Day when he got called to attend a fire."Four hours later we're still out, and I come back to a Christmas lunch that's been under the grill for hours," he laughed.
He recalled a wildfire in Lancashire he and his team were called to.
"We went down initially for 24 hours, 10 days later we managed to get back home," Mr Aitken said.Lynn Ebdale, founder of the charity, said the fires meant the owl had lost its home and "the chance of growing up with his parents".
Pawz for Thought's facilities in Sunderland are not equipped to care for the owlet so it is being transferred to another charity, which is better tailored to its needs."He now has to go and live with three other owls up in Blyth," said Ms Ebdale.
"We dare not put him back there."Once the owl is fully grown it will be rereleased into the wild.