tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post1999428308385358576..comments2024-03-24T23:22:43.753+00:00Comments on Tony's Musings: My influences: George OrwellTonyTheProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-16781588861244259082013-01-07T16:51:56.112+00:002013-01-07T16:51:56.112+00:00England is a country that ought to be able to attr...<i>England is a country that ought to be able to attract tourists. It has much beautiful scenery, an equable climate, innumerable attractive villages and medieval churches, good beer, and food-stuffs of excellent natural taste. If you could walk where you chose instead of being fenced in by barbed wire and Trespassers will be Prosecuted' boards, if speculative builders had not been allowed to ruin every pleasant view within ten miles of a big town, if you could get a drink when you wanted it at a normal price, if an eatable meal in a country inn were a normal experience, and if Sunday were not artificially made into a day of misery, then foreign visitors might be expected to come here. </i><br /><br />Barring the comment about eatable meals in country inns, he has just summed up Jersey!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com