Are we in trouble? (Tim)

While we were warming up with a shared cup of vending machine hot chocolate (Scott had bought some English coins, but not enough for a cup each) we noticed a port official drive his van with a flashing orange light over to our parked up bikes. He got out and started to look them over.
Now we have no reason to believe that our scooters aren't legitimate European ferry material, but we would rather not attract the attention of officials of any sort. Scott went out to investigate, and sure enough he soon beckoned for me to join him and the man in the orange suit.
I wandered sheepishly over,
"meet a fellow Vespa man" grins Scotty
It turns out that our man (Ronnie Brown) was in his office when he heard Scotts scooter arrive and naturally (naturally for a vespa man) wanted to investigate so hopped in his van to come over and have a looksee.
Ronnie Is a member of the Harwich Scooter club and showed us some pictures of his lovely strawberries and cream PX125.
And he also had some useful advice for us; You need a full motorcycle licence to ride in Holland, so best to remove the L plates.
Strangely Scotts L plate was bolted on with 3 M8 Allen bolts... Which made it more secure than his rear rack that uses 2 cable ties to secure the number plate!