We can`t smoke in the pubs. Pubs that stop serving beer at 11 o`clock. Should we fancy a quiet pint after 11 o`clock, off to the busy and noisy town centre we have to go. It`s always raining. Yes, this is England.
So o.k. we are fed up with this place, let`s go to Spain. A couple of hours away by plane. Nice warm weather. Bars open past 2 o`clock in the morning. A relaxing atmosphere. It`s a break from this bleak country. Lifts the spirits and makes us feel well and less depressed for a couple of weeks.
Other people have different ideas. They put more airport tax on us. A group called Plane Stupid who don`t like the aviation industry want to trap us on this damp island when I want to go to the island of Majorca.
I want to go away. So do millions of others. Don`t price the average person out of going on a foreign holiday. Fine, if somebody doesn't like airplanes, let them go to some British resort and suffer it`s unpredictable climate. Let them stop drinking at 11 O`clock. Let them drag their kids, kicking and screaming out of the pubs at six because the laws say so. Please leave the aviation industry to provide us with cheap get aways. The rain is belting down outside and the pubs are shut. Just past midnight now and I wish I was in Spain.