He offered Margaret and me the last few swallows from his pint of Evan Williams bourbon, and told me about the past year, which, for him, had been filled with adventure, serendipitous encounters, and the kindness of many strangers.
In Birmingham, John Caudwell, founder of Phones 4u, told the Today programme's Evan Davis that it would make a "colossal difference" to him personally but the correct decision must be purely economic and what is best for the economy.