These comprised a pork pie and some salami to stave off the munchies while I drove, a toothbrush and some toothpaste, and then a bottle each of tequila, lime juice and Asti Spumante for which I had plans. I had forgotten how beautiful the Suffolk countryside could be, even from a dual carriageway full of juggernauts from Holland and Denmark and Ford Escorts full of reps all with their coats hung neatly in the back and their Barry Manilow tapes belting out. Bentwaters is, or was, an RAF base that had long been occupied by the American Air Force, probably since the War, proving the theory that East Anglia is the biggest non-floating US aircraft carrier in the world. The main entry road was well sealed off with roadblocks and white-helmeted military cops, behind which a little bit of American Mid-West flourished. Chilled PX Budweiser was drunk in preference to the local Adnams bitter, best mince was called ‘ground beef’ and the East Anglian Daily Times was bought only to find out what time the Bears were playing the Steelers on Channel 4.
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