Wholeheartedly agree, Fisbangwollop. I know a few folks who like to do the 'Relax, it's open Airspace, we dont need to talk to anyone', but I'm certainly not one of them.
If Mr Robinsons finest has a bad day, I REALLY want someone to know where I am as I pull off the auto of my life. Also, with the general public being a tad 'anti GA' as their default setting, it's good to be able to prove via the logs that it wasn't you having an airspace infringement/ beating up some farmhouse/cowshed/housing estate etc at 500ft. You were elsewhere, and can prove the same.
All the above simply my own opinion, and its a free country (just), so there it is.
All very sad though.
