G-KEST
"We had a few run ins over the years ....."
As I remember, they were when you were wearing your gamekeeper's hat, not your poacher's hat.
I agree about the good grace. Mark was always impeccably courteous, even in circumstances like that - whatever he actually thought.
I think Mark learned the knack (trick?) of showing 'good grace' in such circumstances from his father. On occasions I've heard people having 'a word' with Ray about his display, I've always had mixed feelings - a mixture of amusement and of admiration for Ray's good grace in resisting the temptation to point out that he knew a thousand times more than they did about what was safe and what wasn't.