Late 70's....for those who recall the days of MU's and 71 in particular. En route to either of the RAF's two Cat A stalags ( St.Athan / Brawdy ) from Abingdon it became the custom to stop at the "10p" cafe near Newport..so called because it was run by an ex WO who charged 10p to all serving RAF persons irrespective of the meal. It was also the turn round point for the baby MT drivers from St.Athan..and their instructors.
Now, the ahem, dress code for the MU was "variable" shall we say...and the driving skills minimal...at best. After several meetings with the St.Athan fraternity, much tut tutting and indeed "an exchange of views" the war of attrition reached a head one day when two of the St.Athan grown ups appeared at breakfast...a WO and a cherubic Fg.Off ....names were taken and stern words issued etc, etc...which we thought was a rather uncivilised thing to do over breakfast........
The car park at said cafe had a considerable number of potholes...it rains a lot in Wales.....the two grown ups elected to supervise the departure of the troops CF van by standing to attention in said car park...alas, the J/T driving was somewhat more observant than they...and duly departed at a rate of knots parallel to their location.....think of part of the intro.scene from "Kelly's Hero's " here.....the war of attrition ceased thereafter.