Beartrap

I think Bert has a 55 in his garage. Could have been an easy one for me, but he chose to not bring it to the barbecue at the weekend, and so I have been forced to resort to more conventional means. But yesterday, an opportunity arose for me to come at this one in a different way, literally from a different direction.

Normally, one is coming at these plates from below. Rising up through the numbers one by one, there is no ceiling for your next catch to hit its head against. It can always hover above you. But things do not have to be that way.

Yesterday I saw a 59, then a 58. I thought... if I could count down to the 55, as well as trying to count up to it, then I'd be able to trap it, like a bear in the woods. On the face of it, it should be much harder for me to go from 59 to 55 than just see a 55 on its own. But that is not how these cars work - you have to stay one step ahead of them. So on my way to work this morning, I saw a 57... and then just minutes later, 56. At this point, my trap was laid. I'd come up from below and down from above. Any 55s nearby could not get away from me now.

And my trap worked. Just as I approached work an X55 was just outside the city walls. Bingo bango. Now... just need to find the 56 to 59 in the reverse order to last time. They seemed very easy to find when they were no use to me. As ever.