Since the death of the 1p chews, 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins have lost all value to me. I toss them into a tin box and ignore their existence for periods of time. Today was one of the days I decided to remember there existence and tumbled all the coins out on to the floor. After much sorting I have unearthed them into bags to the tune of 45 pounds.

That will be a couple of days of living or a ride in hot air balloon in NZ or a full day cooking course in Vietnam