I never leave the house without cash, and rarely less than fifty quid. Nature of my job means that I get impromptu nights away; not all places accept cards for overnight parking and if I had to offer plastic at a roadside breakfast bar I daresay I'd get a very old-fashioned response!
I'm also alive to the prospect of a debit card not working when you want it to, had that more than once, so having cash is a useful alternative.
For those whose interaction with the outside world is limited to a weekly shop and lunch at a pub, going cashless is probably fine; but it doesn't work for me.
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