DVLA

Three score and ten: Everybody sing! "It's fun to correspond with the DVLA". An unsurprising early birthday notification arrived the other day. As you approach 70 orbits of the sun they kindly remind you that perhaps you should reflect on your driving future. They do this by cancelling your existing driving licence. Then you fill in an online form and naturally (and truthfully) list the various ailments and impediments you may have been hiding from them over the years. Things can creep up on you when you least expect it.

Turns out I've got nothing to declare, mainly because they don't ask about lifelong personality defects or any knackered belief systems that by now have been worn thread bare; so I passed with flying colours. Fortunately it's all free and with a bit of luck a new licence will be posted out to my older self eventually. Phew. I'm going to consider this new licence to be an award for good behaviour and faithful, long service over the years.