Shit me - did I poop myself yesterday. Here's a little story about my drive back up to Bristol:
I start my journey back to Bristol quite slowly, pootling along at 60-70mph purely because my head hurt from the night before. I soon get tired of following some crappy estate so I decide to put my foot down. About a mile down the road, I hit 80mph (wooo!). I'm now in the outside lane, streaking past cars.
A little backstory here, and this is important. I attempted to do further mods to my car on Saturday, and in the process snapped off my rear view mirror. So I had to drive back to Bristol without a rear view mirror. Bear this in mind when you read the next bit...
Just as I get to Junction 25, I look in my side mirrors to see the looming shape of a Police car. Cue increased heart rate, blood pressure, sweating and slight staining of underwear. My thoughts at this time were something like 'Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck'. Already travelling at my car's practical maximum speed, I had no choice but to continue the overtaking manouver that I was currently engaged in. It went on forever. Also, bearing in mind the fact that I was missing a rear view mirror convinced me I was going to be ass-raped and possibly beaten by the traffic-nazis.
As I was nearing completion of the overtake, still travelling at about 80mph, the Police flashed their lights. Cue even higher heart rate, blood pressure through the roof and complete evacuation of my poo-pipe. I eventually complete the overtaking process, and prepare for the short journey to the hard shoulder. The Police sweep past me and pull into the middle lane in front. I patiently wait for the car to indicate to the left and pull me over. But it never happens. The Police zoom off apparantly in search of donuts or something. I probably made an audible sigh of relief. I can't tell because it felt like I was in a dream.
A few miles down the road and I meet the Police car again, this time he'd stopped an MPV with kids in the back and a wife sitting in the front - probably immigrants or something. I point and laugh and make my merry way back to Bristol. The rest of the journey was tame compared to the early excitement. Never again will I go without a rear view mirror or speed on the motorway. EVER.