The best two days... Ever!

I think I may have just had the most successful two day period so far in this game. 9 cars, wooh-hooh!

I've been going to Saisnbury's at least once a week since I started playing, and I always have to pass through the car park and see lots of cars, but before Sunday I'd never managed to find a plate there. This has always felt like extreme bad luck, possibly because it was extreme bad luck. This week I had a feeling that things might work out better. And they did! On the right hand side of the car lane, about 7 cars away from the entrance was a 45. The time was 1220. From this point, 46 was going to be almost trivial, as I knew there were two parked up that I'd pass on my way home.

It was quite irritating though to then spot a 47 and a 48, in that order, before I got to the first 46. I didn't worry too much though, as I've observed that 47s are quite common round here.

Sunday therefore finished with 2 spots (the 46 was in the Post Office depot at around 1 o'clock). Would Monday be better?

Yes, it would be much better. We went out into the Peak District to go for a walk around Castleton. This is about an hour and a half away, so lots of potential for spotting. Some of it is motorway though, which isn't that good. Cars coming towards you with a relative speed of 140mph - it can be hard on the eyes to check all the plates.

Didn't start off too well, but just before arriving in Hillsborough, Sheffield, I got a 47 at 1051. It was on the downhill approach, but I forget what the area is called. I think there may be small retail park on the left hand side as you descend. After navigating through the land of Sheffield Wednesday, we started to head away from Sheffield and into the Peak District itself. At 1120, parked by Ladybower Lake was a 48. So with two down, I'm pretty content. More importantly, Chris hadn't got any yet, and I really need to eat into his lead. But there's still half a day to go, anything can happen.

But it doesn't. Not for me anyway. Chris nearly crashed the car as I saw a 77 that he needed drive past us. But sadly for him, he didn't see it. He got a different one later though so he wasn't sulking for too long.

On the way home, I spotted a 49 near Hope Station at ten to five. Then, twenty seven minutes later I got the 50. Halfway to 100! Happy, big smiles.

51 to 53 were always going to be really easy, as half of all new cars have these plates, due to a change in the UK number plate numbering system a few years ago. Some people think these should not count, but if I may just quote from the official rules: "For all but the most obsessed player, personalised and new style number plates are acceptable". Hence I think the new ones are fine. I got all three of them in the same minute as I got the 50 - two of them were the car in front and the one in front of that!

Back to normal spotting now, but the new 54 plates are released later in the week so I shouldn't have too long to wait if I don't get an old style one in the meantime.