Reflections of a stormy petrel

It's easy enough in London, especially if you are single. In spite of all the efforts by administrators and politicians, public transport is still efficient and reaches pretty much everywhere; the only thing in which cars are really irreplaceable, in my view, are for large shopping trips and the purchase of big-ticket items - furniture, fridges, washing machines - which I very rarely need to do. When I do, I hire what is called in London a "Man with a van".