Haven't seen this programe on BBC about bottled water yet, but the comment in the review in RT made me pull a wry face: "the absurdity of a dozen branded varieties of something that comes out of the tap."

Well firstly, of course water *also* comes out of a tap, but as a seasoned spring drinker I can reveal that that's not actually where it really comes from!

I must confess I'm a bottled water drinker, mainly because I actually like to drink water, and because I like water I don't like that stale chemicalised reclaimed liquid that passes for 'water' that you get from the tap.

Some people will think I'm nuts or that I've been brainwashed by the magic powers of advertising, but I suspect that those people who scoff, don't actually *like* drinking plain water very often and instead opt for some of the zillions of other beverages sold us by those same magic brainwashing adverts.

As for the waste issue, yes I agree - plastic bottles are a terrible waste. I'd far rather have bottled water in *reusable glass bottles* available on something like a milk round.

Of course what I really aught to do is bottle the stuff at source for myself. Perhaps I will at that...