Rob Morley wrote:

"Richard" says...
As you both guessed I'm trying to avoid a very visible length of SWA
bearing the dreadful numbers '2005'.

So paint it.

Nah, the previous cable, installed in 2003, met with an unfortunate
accident involving vermin and a hacksaw. You then did an exact
like-for-like replacement, didn't you...?

--
Andy