Hello four lanes, goodbye M10

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

The M1 carriageway widening between junctions six and ten has been completed, opening on time at the end of last month. For over two-and-a-half years my daily commute to work was beset with ten miles of roadworks, reduced speed limits, and regular traffic jams, but now it has all ...

Interesting traffic

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Interesting sights in the past couple of months whilst commuting: A lorry overturned on to its side on the roundabout, stopping all through traffic; A car on its roof on a bypass early in the morning, with a police car stopping anyone driving in to it; A car on fire on the motorway ...

Balloon sighting

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I saw a hot-air balloon hanging over a town on my ride in to work this morning. There was some writing on the balloon, but although my route took me initially closer towards the balloon I had to veer off away from it before being able to read the ...