I love going to see G.O's family and friends, even though we are in the same country, it always feels like a world away from Oxfordshire. I know it is a cliche (but there is a reason for that, it's true) but people really are friendlier up North.
I love the South it is beautiful, the rolling hills and quaint villages of the Shire will hold a special place in my heart, but there is and always has been a pull to go North. It seems to me that, that pull is in everybody because whenever we go we always manage to get stuck in traffic on the M6, the only time we haven't is when G.O's car broke down and we were towed back to Oxford and then took Shrek at 11pm, the roads were very quiet then. I have come to the conclusion that unless we can find an alternative route, we will be taking the train from now on, or even a bus.
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| We were lucky on the way back to the Shire, but those travelling up North weren't so lucky |
Some recent bug bears of mine, about driving on the M6;
A 3.30 hour journey took us 6 hours, this happens quite regularly. Usually due to maintenance taking place during peak time travel.
Nobody seems to indicate, they just pull out in front of you, assuming that you can read their mind. Could this be the cause of the many fender benders (and sadly worse collisions) that seem to plague this particular motorway?
Trucks seem to think that they rule the road and on the M6 are constantly overtaking, they get quite irate when you don't move out of the way for them. I have a few friends with driver for husbands and winder if this is the norm?
I try not to use this blog as a whinge site, I said try, but sometimes I just need to as Elsa says Let It GO!
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