Yes Musket, I suppose having extra fingers does give one an advantage!
And yes again ... Alan Partridge...what can one say? Regarding motorways, I'm terrified of them and so glad there aren't any in Norfolk. Even our A roads are very quiet. The A1067 for example runs by our village and there's often nothing in sight in either direction. We have a tiny and friendly airport, which has flights to Amsterdam, Paris etc and holiday flights to Turkey, Tunisia, Malta and Spain. Our Norwich bus and train stations are simply beautiful and have good connections, so we're not so very isolated. I think Stu has a good point - we're very 'regional' in UK, and each region has its own culture, accent, history and traditions. There's also an undercurrent of rivalry and even dislike between them. But we DO hang together as a nation at events such as the Jubilee and Olympics.