Wells 26 June

Today is Sunday. The weather forecast was OK so I had a cup of tea. The Landlady Sally put my washing which was very kind of her as that is not in the deal but she has a washing machine that runs off solar power which was pretty smart. It needs enough sunshine to make it work and apparently there was. So I was off to Wells England's smallest city. It apparently gets to be a city because it has a Cathedral. A rather recently built Cathedral about 1200 but on an old site. It is handsome. I thought after visiting Bath Abbey and seeing the restoration work that was done on more than one occasion how capable British craftsmen were, and the same was true of Wells, but the sad part is the 'were' observation. If Britain is to go alone it needs to regain that skill. By comparison I went to the local Pub, for dinner, widely advertised as the Sunday Roast. I got there at 5.30. They had no food. Roasts had 'run out' so I asked what else was available as did a member of others that followed me, And the answer was nothing ! No food to eat. That attitude will send Britain broke. How sad. My landlord Neil was shocked and shared some of his dinner with me which was kind but he and Sally were similarly shocked. No food at the Inn. However Wells was a delight. The Cathedral was glorious. The music was great and the experience to be remembered. Sorry about the pictures. I have not worked out how to get them from a camera to an iPad. Maybe a visit to the Apple Store tomorrow will rectify that. Wells is An old town which had a well of course hence the name or so I am led to believe. But an old town and a c enter of justice from whence many good citizens of the United States up until independence and then Australia were "transported". And I mean hundreds of them. Crime was punished by hanging, being drawn and quartered and for lesser offences transportation. I am reluctant to say it but if the UK is to flourish after leaving the EU they may have to toughen up again. The soft life will not cut it. The Poms and not just them will have to go back to work to survive. The social welfare system should be a reward not a right. A reward for citizens not immigrants that choose to move countries because they do not like what is going on in theirs. The freedoms and privilege that the Poms and other democracies now enjoy is because someone worked and sacrificed to make it possible. We the current generation are using up that wealth consuming what was made and handed to us and we are borrowing against it and not replacing the investment because we want it now. Little wonder a "Syrian" and I use that description because for some unusual reason back in the days of the dark isles like around 500ad foreigners were called Syrians as the book 500AD claims, or any other immigrant sees the European style democracies as a great place to go. It seems that part of the Brexit mindset was a reflection of immigration fear. The interesting thing is second generation immigrants as quoted in the press were equally as defensive of the U.K. Borders. It appears Mr Johnston, and he is the current favourite for the Job of PM will have his work cut out. And not just Bojo as he is called. The whole nation.