Capital Idea

Very pleasant walk round the outskirts of Wymondham this morning. It was a bright but very cold day. Lunch afterwards at Wymondham Railway pub.

Interesting article on the news about a new city being created as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Apparently something like 26 places are in the running ranging from the good to the bad and the plain ugly. One of them is Tower Hamlets in London. Sorry but TH is part of London which is already a City.

Looking down the list the best claim seems to come from Colchester from an historical point of view. Strikes me the place deserves to be a City.

Subjected to another nuisance cold call today although at least this came from somebody we have our car insurance with. But there is something quite unwholesome about being asked to pay for add ons with a company you are already with. In this case it was the AA who were trying to sell me legal protection and other bits and pieces that would total over £50. If I had wanted these services I  would have taken them out when I took out the policy. Actually I feel sorry for these people who have to go through policies, identify people they feel have not paid enough and contact them. The AA is bad for this kind of thing. I can remember taking out a £25 recovery service in a special offer a few years ago only to find when I went to renew it that the cost would have been well over £200. I bet some people just pay that without thinking and without being aware. Nowadays you do have to be very aware of what almost amounts to a scam.