Ian what you did was fine -
BUT
A request
Please could anyone reading this
Stop asking for a Lower Airspace Radar Service on the initial call - it means nothing!
You either want a FIS, RIS or RAS. I know what the CAP413 says but ponder this comment:
You call up, you ask for a LARS. Controller says pass your message when you re-iterate you want LARS. He then says what type of service, you say FIS.
What's the definition of a FIS? A
non-radar service.
You see the point