Slouching Raymond
Well-known member
One little mistake....
Thought I would just nip to the local supermarket in my car this morning.
Got to the first local roundabout, and I could see the road was chockerblocked in that dierection, as it had been recently, due to roadworks.
No problem, there's another supermarket in the other direction.
I could have easily gone round that roundabout, and straight back home, as that was clear.
But instead, I committed to going to the second supermarket. That was the mistake.
100ft later that direction too was chockerblocked, with the vehicles inching forward slightly, every few minuits.
Eventually , at the next bigger roundabout, I saw that the big 4 lane dual carriageway was closed, and that was the cause of the gridlock.
How do I get out of this, I pondered.
That second supermarket route was likely to be a trap for more gridlock, so I resigned to going further in a direction I didn't want to go,
knowing that area too is often gridlocked. That proved to be the case.
If I just suffered it , it would eventually lead to a local road that may get me back home.
It took 2 hours of standing still, with occasional inching forward, till I got clear of the gridlock, and onto that road home.
At no point was I more than a mile and a half from home.
Waste of a morning.
It will be the same tomorrow, and the rest of the week, at least.
Tomorrow I walk.
Thought I would just nip to the local supermarket in my car this morning.
Got to the first local roundabout, and I could see the road was chockerblocked in that dierection, as it had been recently, due to roadworks.
No problem, there's another supermarket in the other direction.
I could have easily gone round that roundabout, and straight back home, as that was clear.
But instead, I committed to going to the second supermarket. That was the mistake.
100ft later that direction too was chockerblocked, with the vehicles inching forward slightly, every few minuits.
Eventually , at the next bigger roundabout, I saw that the big 4 lane dual carriageway was closed, and that was the cause of the gridlock.
How do I get out of this, I pondered.
That second supermarket route was likely to be a trap for more gridlock, so I resigned to going further in a direction I didn't want to go,
knowing that area too is often gridlocked. That proved to be the case.
If I just suffered it , it would eventually lead to a local road that may get me back home.
It took 2 hours of standing still, with occasional inching forward, till I got clear of the gridlock, and onto that road home.
At no point was I more than a mile and a half from home.
Waste of a morning.
It will be the same tomorrow, and the rest of the week, at least.
Tomorrow I walk.
..Ok Doc Gotchya covered. Gimmme me another Pretzel HEAVY SALT!
