Usual Spirited drive to our yard in Ledbury. Along Jubilee Drive, right at Malvern Hills Hotel, early morning, no traffic, round bends in third and hammer down going down the cutting. Glance in mirror, from know were car gaining on me at a rate of knots, lifted, but kept respectable 60 odd towards Ledbury. At the railway bridge, realised it was the Police behind me. They kept a distance until I pulled into the high street were I was stopped. I get out the car (as they don't like that apparently), "Good Morning Sir, we will ignore the spirited drive but we cannot ignore your pressed black alloy Plate. We have pulled two Morgans yesterday and now you this morning. Its a fine and 3 points. What are you going to do?"
I replied that I would put my legal plates back on and I had no excuse what so ever and I shut up.
"That's the right answer " he said. "And enjoy the rest of your day", which was executed through a wry smile.
Having driven all over the place and never pulled with my pressed plates on I never give it a second thought. But I think I better dig my old plates out now.
Decent enough blokes though.
