My wife and I were kindly invited to a Christmas lunch in Arundel so, rather than drink and drive, we took a taxi, which cost £7.10.

My wife returned before me and was charged £9.50.

Some friends who live nearby left without me so I called into the Swan Hotel and asked the chap behind the bar if he would call me a taxi.

He asked me if I had been drinking there, to which I replied no, to which he replied no.

So I walked, in the rain, to the taxi office at Arundel station to requested a taxi home and was charged £10.

Perhaps I was unfortunate, but where has the Christmas spirit gone? There's not a lot in Arundel, but not many people know that.

-Alan Coombs, The Cloisters Littlehampton