The Big City

I decided to shop locally - it’s convenient, I thought, and probably not that much more expensive than buying over the net. Sandpaper, glue and a clamp - about seventeen pounds. If I’d bought them from Screwfix the exact same things would have cost a pound more including delivery. I’d have got twice as much sandpaper, twice as much glue, the clamp I wanted rather than one that is slightly too small and I wouldn’t have got wet when it rained.