5th July 2019 Every choice may come back to haunt you.

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Friday 5th 55-65F, rather overcast with only rare glimpses of the sun.

There is some minor damage to the crops but I don't think wet weather is to blame. Small, flattened areas might be due to downdrafts or perhaps wild deer sleeping there overnight. The patches just seem very obvious against the uniform perfection of modern crops.

Danish researchers say that people should choose iron free double glazing instead of triple glazing. The cost to the national health service from treating symptoms for a lack of vitamin D due to light blockage runs to billions. It just goes to show that no single choice is without its own, complex problems.

A British group of scientists say that electric vehicles will not cure traffic problems. It may even make them worse if prices fall to the point of increased vehicle uptake. A large number of city dwellers don't own a car due to lack of parking and traffic congestion. Doing without a car has lots of health and social benefits.

Though it may not be appropriate for rural inhabitants due to dwindling public transport services and greater distances to ever more centralized shopping. The habit of drivers shopping centrally after work, before going home to the dormitory village, has rid the British countryside of large numbers of village shops and services.

Denmark seems to have avoided this problem with most, larger villages having at least one supermarket from amongst the popular chains. Building of brand new supermarket outlets still goes on here. A useful retail trick which seems to have been largely missed by Gravely Blighted. Where car owners seem to ignore transport costs and convenience when it comes to maintaining a local outlet. The elderly are driven out of the village. Where their families may have lived for centuries. Simply due to a lack of shopping facilities and poor and expensive bus services due to a lack of demand.

A late morning ride to the shops. Rather windy but it remained dry. Only 7 miles. The clouds steadily cleared to blue skies after 17.00.

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