You'd be forgiven..........
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I've been commuting for decades from SW19 to the City, 11 miles.
It took me 53mins travelling time to get in this morning. Road works everywhere, roads closed, temporary traffic lights and swarms of cyclists.
There does not appear to be any end in sight particularly with Boris's super highway seeming to take for ever.
Does anyone else get the feeling there's a conspiracy against us
It took me 53mins travelling time to get in this morning. Road works everywhere, roads closed, temporary traffic lights and swarms of cyclists.
There does not appear to be any end in sight particularly with Boris's super highway seeming to take for ever.
Does anyone else get the feeling there's a conspiracy against us
giantdefy said:
Good job the 'swarms of cyclists' weren't all in cars as well, how long would it have taken then 
Less, through road tax they'd all actually be contributing financially to maintenance and development of the road network, with this added investment the road network would be vastly superior to it is now and we would all be at work in half the time.Moulder said:
giantdefy said:
Good job the 'swarms of cyclists' weren't all in cars as well, how long would it have taken then
Less, through road tax they'd all actually be contributing financially to maintenance and development of the road network, with this added investment the road network would be vastly superior to it is now and we would all be at work in half the time.fleegle said:
I was surprised how many drivers couldn't be arsed to scrape their windows this morning
TBF we've all played, icy windscreen. You sit in the car freezing your arse off till there is a 50p sized hole in the sheet of ice that now covers your windscreen. This is typically right down at the b
ding bottom of it. You have to start driving with your head a 90 degree angle like animal from the Muppets and within an inch of the centre console. You take off thinking, "f
k it, cant be that hard", only to realise its like driving that bding dumper truck that featured in the space level on the crystal maze. You try screen wash, wipers on full, heating to max and even open the passenger windows. moanthebairns said:
fleegle said:
I was surprised how many drivers couldn't be arsed to scrape their windows this morning
TBF we've all played, icy windscreen. You sit in the car freezing your arse off till there is a 50p sized hole in the sheet of ice that now covers your windscreen. This is typically right down at the b
ding bottom of it. You have to start driving with your head a 90 degree angle like animal from the Muppets and within an inch of the centre console. You take off thinking, "f
k it, cant be that hard", only to realise its like driving that bding dumper truck that featured in the space level on the crystal maze. You try screen wash, wipers on full, heating to max and even open the passenger windows. Bless.
Surrey to Canary Wharf for me.
Go over Southwark Bridge - Usually Empty Friday and Today nose to tail cars due to all the roadworks on Lower Thames Street and up near the Tower of London. Plsu Aurther Street is closed as they are building near it.
Its been like it for well over 6 months for Boris Cycle "superhighway" How long does it take to put a bike lane in !!
The fun part is filtering past all the cars on the brige - but making sure you dont get a muppet who does a u turn !
Go over Southwark Bridge - Usually Empty Friday and Today nose to tail cars due to all the roadworks on Lower Thames Street and up near the Tower of London. Plsu Aurther Street is closed as they are building near it.
Its been like it for well over 6 months for Boris Cycle "superhighway" How long does it take to put a bike lane in !!
The fun part is filtering past all the cars on the brige - but making sure you dont get a muppet who does a u turn !
My commute this morning was lighter traffic than usual which is strange, I'm guessing tomorrow will be back to normal.
Been avoiding the north of the river route to work (east to central) for the past couple of months now until the superhighway is done. So its good old nose to tail (but still faster moving) Rotherhithe tunnel/Jamaica road peak time again.
See this article proving average traffic speeds in London have dropped hugely, not that we needed someone to tell us.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-348119...
Been avoiding the north of the river route to work (east to central) for the past couple of months now until the superhighway is done. So its good old nose to tail (but still faster moving) Rotherhithe tunnel/Jamaica road peak time again.
See this article proving average traffic speeds in London have dropped hugely, not that we needed someone to tell us.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-348119...
Bedroom to kitchen to bathroom to bedroom to office, about 40 mins with a coffee and a quick read of the news headlines.
It's not all rosey, usually once a week/10 days it's A50 or M6, followed by M1 and A414 to A1 or whatever route the sat nav chooses for me based on congestion. 3 hours minimum each direction plus 6 hours in the office.
I'd still rather do this every week than live in London, I don't know how you put up with it.
It's not all rosey, usually once a week/10 days it's A50 or M6, followed by M1 and A414 to A1 or whatever route the sat nav chooses for me based on congestion. 3 hours minimum each direction plus 6 hours in the office.
I'd still rather do this every week than live in London, I don't know how you put up with it.
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