Some people have no sense of direction...

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Date: 20 July 2002 10:52:00

...and a woman in the shop this morning was a prime example.

She asked me if I had always lived in this "lovely area" of the country, to which I replied that I had. It was then the conversation went pear-shaped.

"Bristol is very lovely, I wish I lived here. I had a friend who lived here once, very fond of Bristol cathedral she was, best Cathedral in the country she reckoned, better than Truro or Exeter..."

As much as I said to her "Exeter is a lovely place ... I've always lived in Devon ... flipping heck you are in Exeter - you fool!" I could not convince her that she was not in Bristol.

Not that it mattered all that much to her, as she was looking for Superdrug and WH Smiths, which are much the same wherever you go.