Fewer rules

OK, so I've been too busy thinking about stuff to write but there will be much more here from now on.

On holiday with my family for the last three weeks the unencumbered time together opened new conversations. My 14 yr old son was interested to know what I would do if I were Mayor of London. Undo some of the endless and needless rules we are forced to live with was my reply. We talked about what these might be and he seemed less than convinced.

Then, out of nowhere, a road gang appeared on the road to the house we hired. Without any fuss at all they dug up all the pot holes, coordinated big diggers and tarmac laying plant. Road users simply slowed down and went round them. The whole thing was done in two days. And my 14 yr old commented on how different it would be back in the UK if any road works needed to be carried out. And then he got it.