And today's commuting highlight is...
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supercommuter said:
dibblecorse said:
supercommuter said:
Saw a blade down this morning with police and ambulance on the scene of the slip road onto the m4, junction 4a about 9:15. Hope he/she is ok!!
What time was that ? I went by there at about 8.30 and all was ok ....I was on my home yesterday going Westbound on the A40 around 6pm. I'm filtering between L2 & L3 and traffic itself is steadily moving at 10-15mph. There's a FFRR in L3, all blacked out complete with private plate and it keeps hovering over the lines meaning I can't get by. I pull up parallel and the guy is texting in his lap, he finally looks up and I shake my head disapprovingly. He puts his hands up in anger and bewilderment (clearly unsure how his texting could in any way impact me) so I return with a lovely w*nker sign. He is now infuriated and clearly needs to show me my place so with his phone still in his hand he puts his foot down, hard. In the midst of him texting he has failed to notice the lorry changing from L2 to L3 and no sooner has he started accelerating than he has to drop anchor. ABS clattering away and he barely (literally about 6 inches) away from hitting the lorry that now found itself in L3. By this point I am practically in hysterics and with a twist of the throttle I'm long gone 
Dakkon said:
M4 Eastbound is shut this morning between Jnt's 13 and 12, apparently a rider has been killed, I elected to work from home rather than fight through all of that.
Ouch, thats crap news and hopefully not one of our regulars, I think we have a couple that come in from Newbury way, I get on at 8/9, there was also a lane blocked on the elevated section of the A4 this morning, bike on its side, rider seemed to be up and about and returned my nod, didn't stop as 2 cars already had ....dibblecorse said:
Dakkon said:
M4 Eastbound is shut this morning between Jnt's 13 and 12, apparently a rider has been killed, I elected to work from home rather than fight through all of that.
Ouch, thats crap news and hopefully not one of our regulars, I think we have a couple that come in from Newbury way, I get on at 8/9, there was also a lane blocked on the elevated section of the A4 this morning, bike on its side, rider seemed to be up and about and returned my nod, didn't stop as 2 cars already had ....I got on at M4 J13 this morning heading westbound, was a bit chaotic.
Killed by debris apparently
Further down the M4 I came across a big piece of what looked like plastic floating in the air because of the wind, long enough to be across 2 lanes. Could have been interesting hitting that!
Killed by debris apparently
Further down the M4 I came across a big piece of what looked like plastic floating in the air because of the wind, long enough to be across 2 lanes. Could have been interesting hitting that!
Bloody windy this morning.
After the usual plodding/filtering round to Simister Island, the M60 cleared a bit clockwise, but after opening it up to 80 and then literally being blown from lane 2 to lane 3, I took the pragmatic option of retreating to lane 1 and sitting at 50 the rest of the way to work.
Still learning!
After the usual plodding/filtering round to Simister Island, the M60 cleared a bit clockwise, but after opening it up to 80 and then literally being blown from lane 2 to lane 3, I took the pragmatic option of retreating to lane 1 and sitting at 50 the rest of the way to work.
Still learning!
supercommuter said:
dibblecorse said:
Dakkon said:
M4 Eastbound is shut this morning between Jnt's 13 and 12, apparently a rider has been killed, I elected to work from home rather than fight through all of that.
Ouch, thats crap news and hopefully not one of our regulars, I think we have a couple that come in from Newbury way, I get on at 8/9, there was also a lane blocked on the elevated section of the A4 this morning, bike on its side, rider seemed to be up and about and returned my nod, didn't stop as 2 cars already had ....Reg Local said:
Bloody windy this morning.
After the usual plodding/filtering round to Simister Island, the M60 cleared a bit clockwise, but after opening it up to 80 and then literally being blown from lane 2 to lane 3, I took the pragmatic option of retreating to lane 1 and sitting at 50 the rest of the way to work.
Still learning!
Whitefield? After the usual plodding/filtering round to Simister Island, the M60 cleared a bit clockwise, but after opening it up to 80 and then literally being blown from lane 2 to lane 3, I took the pragmatic option of retreating to lane 1 and sitting at 50 the rest of the way to work.
Still learning!
Bikesalot said:
fergus said:
Who did you ride with? Red Tread?
A new(ish) company called Crixus Motorsport - would highly recommend! All the trails were top notch, and enjoying lunch after a hard mornings riding with some epic views...
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