Do we need cash?
“Cash only, please,” said the café owner. But I do not carry cash. “We are trying to encourage cash to keep it going.” This was a strange idea to me it seems like asking me to write a cheque in case they are not printed anymore. When did you last write a cheque and do we need them? There was, however, a till at the back of the café where you could queue and pay by card. It seems unusual. Another shopkeeper told me that it no cheaper for them to bank cash than use a card machine. We went to the seaside recently to try and get a breeze to cool us down (it did not work because the wind was from the south and very warm). The fish and chips we bought did not help either, they were delicious, but they had gone up to £21.40 (by card) for two fish and one portion of chips. I suddenly realised that there were no seagulls pestering us as they usually do. None screaming in the sky and none on the sand begging for a chip. “You should try the harbour,” said a woman licking her ice cre...