The South is.a different country

For one thing, they have water fountains outside motorway service areas.

The trees and shrubs look parched and are already turning brown.

Sitting waiting for the check-in desk to open, I'm struck by the variety of clothes that women, in particular, choose to promote their identity. Very few people that I've seen sport tattoos, unlike further north. Or maybe it's something that people grow out of.

The women in the Boohoo ad playing over and over again look nothing like the women on the concourse. I grow tired of their simpering. 'They've got stamps of many countries, they've got passport smiles,' as Joni Mitchell once sang.