Sadly, I am also old enough to remember what life was like before we joined the EEC/EU.

We had fruit and veg that was in season. The chip shops put a piece of paper in the window 'now frying new potatoes'. Everything had a time and place. Strawberries in the summer and sprouts at Christmas. Over the last few decades we have become used to being able to buy everything all year round.

If you wanted a decent pasty, you went down Coombes' shop. Was it in Broadway or Clifton Street, I can't remember. Now the pasties are made in a mega-factory in Plymouth and a fleet of trucks transport them all over the country.

My local village pub will run out of beer tomorrow. The beer comes by truck from mega-breweries in Burton. Again a fleet of trucks.

We are heading into a new era. Global warming, too many emissions. I see a return to a more local, less polluting economy is approaching.