Most of them panic at signs for the M25. The shock deepens when they catch sight of buildings with glass in the windows (as opposed to boards) and they hear rumour of water coming out of something called a tap.
Operation Brock / M20 - A rolling thread, so do check the dates, as it’s not a permanent fixture
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Most of them panic at signs for the M25. The shock deepens when they catch sight of buildings with glass in the windows (as opposed to boards) and they hear rumour of water coming out of something called a tap.
The only "developed" country in Europe able to make a 120km motorway drive into a 5 hour crawl.
Thank god, at least, we built HS2 for bods commuting from the North. Ah, no, wait...
It's how we like it.
If it wasn’t for the Romans, we’d not have an A1 (nor several others).
You could have developed it a bit in the meantime, though.
We did.
We invented the roundabout…. Or more truthfully, we came up with a way to make roundabouts work. But, this was not until the 1960’s.
She's back...
In preparation for expected increased traffic using Kent’s major roads and the Port of Dover over the coming months, the system will be reinstalled on the night of Monday, July 13.The traffic management system will be in place on the coastbound carriageway of the M20 between Junction 8, for Hollingbourne Interchange, and Junction 9, for Ashford, with a reduced speed limit, creating dedicated lanes for HGVs to queue.
The Kent and Medway Resilience Forum (KMRF) has said that Operation Brock will remain in place for over a month until Monday, August 24.
In preparation for expected increased traffic using Kent’s major roads and the Port of Dover over the coming months, the system will be reinstalled on the night of Monday, July 13.The traffic management system will be in place on the coastbound carriageway of the M20 between Junction 8, for Hollingbourne Interchange, and Junction 9, for Ashford, with a reduced speed limit, creating dedicated lanes for HGVs to queue.
The Kent and Medway Resilience Forum (KMRF) has said that Operation Brock will remain in place for over a month until Monday, August 24.
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For what it’s worth, the contraflow was flowing freely last Friday afternoon and this morning (Monday) at about 11:00 o’clock. We were all able to drive along its several miles in length at 50 mph.
It’s all gone now, but will doubtless be back at some point.
I came back Tuesday afternoon. Drove around 70/80ish for the entire M20 (mindful of where to slow down) pretty much matching the speed of the rest of traffic. Have to say, almost decently flowing for once. Maybe in another 20 years it'll look like an acceptable motorway.
The cement slabs section, though, made me thing about Berin's comment about (unnecessary) road surface noise.
Jokes apart: about two hours from Tunnel to home is acceptable.
Non-interesting fact: I've been stopped at checkin this time, saying my booking was blocked, as the system flagged me as not having an ETA or whatever permit/VISA is required to enter the United Kingdom. I was utterly confused for a second or two.
I tutted at them while waving my UK passport.
I realised (after) that I have two passenger profiles on my Eurotunnel account, one for each nationality and the Italian one is the default passenger.
If you are a dual national you might want to check with which passport the Eurotunnel assumes you are going through (I always used both as adviced in here years ago).
I tutted at them while waving my UK passport.
I realised (after) that I have two passenger profiles on my Eurotunnel account, one for each nationality and the Italian one is the default passenger.
If you are a dual national you might want to check with which passport the Eurotunnel assumes you are going through (I always used both as adviced in here years ago).
Well, in all fairness, it was good advice and came from a (very) reputable source
Well, in all fairness, it was good advice and came from a (very) reputable source
All rise.
Case dismissed! Award the defendant a slap up feed at Mrs Miggin’s!
