Blue Sky Drinking

I find a Bloody Mary a great mental stimulant. Top Tip is to start with the small bits: lemon juice, Tabasco, Lea & Perrins, pepper, best not to add celery salt as the tomato juice has plenty of that. Then chuck in the ice, vodka and tomato juice – eureka!

It’s so obvious that you have worked it out for yourself ages ago. The Romans built roads, after that there was no advance in technology until canals were dug. They quickly became obsolete as railways took over. Then, after WW II, railways were neglected and money was and is being poured into motorways. But petrol and diesel cars are being phased out and electric cars will not be able to tackle long motorway trips. When my seventeen year-old jalopy has to be sent to the breakers’ yard I will rely on taxis, trains and ‘planes.

It’s blindingly obvious that motorways should be converted into high speed railways. The High Speed 2 railway might cost £56 billion and be fully open in 2033 or it might cost more and take longer; by then the motorways will be empty with just a smattering of electric cars broken down with flat batteries. It’s a no-brainer to take up the Scalextric and replace with Hornby 00. Of course I mean bullet or maglev trains, the latter has a top speed of 375 mph today and will be faster by 2033.