Mum and I paid a visit to Nan's today, down in Kent. We had two horrible journeys and I can't remember the last time we were able to just drive down without encountering roadworks or hold-ups. It seemed like the whole journey down I was restricted to doing just 50mph - I think it's time we introduced toll roads as they have in Europe. I'd be more than happy to pay a toll to be able to drive without constant roadworks and traffic jams. Last year, in France, we drove almost 2,500 miles with just one small jam (ironically at a toll-booth!) and it was brilliant. On the way home, in rural France but still on a two lane motorway, we drove a stretch of around 50 miles without encountering another car going in the same direction! Bliss!
We had a pleasant day and had lunch in Dartford which was an adventure...the small restaurant we sometimes go to had closed down and we went to a "New York deli" for a sandwich but I'm not sure the people running it had even been to New York as I couldn't find any resemblance...
The journey home was fun. We decided to take the A2 through the Blackwall Tunnel and mum enjoyed seeing the O2 Arena and the area being developed for the Olympics. We drove through some dirty weather and heard from Sophie that there were storms at home as well. Sally Traffic on Radio2 kept telling us that the M25 and the M1 were both snarled up, but then so was the M11!!
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