No wonder M&S is making a loss

The weather forecast for south-west France isn't good. 'What I need is a plastic mac!' I told George. 'One of those roll up in a bag ones.'

Do you know? You can't get a plastic mac for love nor money.

I went first to M&S thinking that's a sensible grown-up sort of shop that will sell plastic macs; they didn't. Obviously all their customers go to hot places for their holidays. Probably cruises. They had plenty of cruise-type stuff.

Then I went to a cheap and cheerful shop aimed at the younger market. That was a silly idea too.

So no plastic mac for me. I know you can get them in the garden centre but they're pull-over-your-head ones and I wanted a fly-open-in-the-wind one.

Ah well, looking at the expected temperatures, a thick fleece will probably be better anyway.