Funny thing was it was a Tesco policy that doubled the price, though for the previous two years they were either the cheapest or so close that I didn’t bother changing; I think last year there was one policy that was £15 a year cheaper. This year though they were far from cheapest.

Traditionally automatics were much less efficient, giving a significant power loss and substantially worse MPG. In the UK with smaller cars with smaller engines and expensive petrol this was a much bigger disadvantage than in the USA.

However modern automatic gears have improved so it’s not longer a big disadvantage.

I enjoyed a lot of Alan Garner’s stories which were set around Alderley Edge.

True but it does have a sort of utilitarian functional beauty.

Are we limited to two images in a post? It didn’t seem to let me add more after this.

That could be the problem, I mixed sugar afterwards and ended up with a mud of suspended grounds that would not settle.

I’m a bit puzzled by “working age” being classed as 16-64. Is that an admission that a very large proportion of those between 64 and the state pension age (66 increasing to 68) are actually unable to continue in employment?

Oh the images don’t show. let’s try one here