Number Plate Wars

Calm down, just kidding....however if you are planning driving on the continent, you need to be aware that the GB mark on your number plate is no longer valid. We are now identified as UK, as notified to the United Nations, no less.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58734265

So avail yourself of something like these maybe, I got them off Amazon for £2.50. Stick on the end of your plate

 

Well, I got my car out of Spain using the above mentioned stickers. Wouldn't have been a problem anyway TBH. However, given the likelihood of people zooming off sur le continent next year, I thought I'd update and share this with you-our builder/handyman is British but resident in Spain, and he told us one or two tales that you might want to be aware of:
As before, make sure you have your V5C and a print out of your insurance certificate with you at all times. Spain is strapped and anything that can attract a fine is likely to do so. They've been told by the EU to reinstate their recently changed autopistas to charging-all been made free apparently, otherwise no hand outs. A guy got nicked 200 Euros for driving with his arm out the car window. Not easy on a bike of course... but you get my drift.
I didn't even know that it's a legal requirement to have a bell on your bicycle-you'd be unlucky but 80 Euros if a jobsworth collars you.
So it looks like you need to be whiter than white now. My guess would be the French will be more stringent, so be sure what's required. Happily I didn't have to come back through France and give the fuckers any of my money. Don't want to sound like a party pooper, but "let's be careful out there"