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Thread ID: 125232	2012-06-15 22:56:00	Indicating - driving	Nomad (952)	PC World Chat

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1281900	2012-06-17 01:46:00	gary, perhaps that's what it was ! one lane roads, lol, there were a lot of those jaggered white lines too. We went looking for Tonbridge in Kent and a pen friend there, but as it was getting dark and the town we were passing through was diabolical to get out of, we headed back towards London and our overnight motel. Folk over there were very friendly and kept giving us the wrong directions, perhaps they all wanted us to stay. Lurking. Nah Tonbridge is easy, some of the London suburbs however are a nightmare and as for Spaghetti junction up North	gary67 (56)
1281901	2012-06-17 02:33:00	Nah Tonbridge is easy, some of the London suburbs however are a nightmare and as for Spaghetti junction up North Have just dug out wife's diary, we were going to Horsmonden not Tonebridge (this is where penfriend is now living) and it was Royal Tunbridge Wells we got confused in, won't tell you where we finished up in that town of many outlets. We stayed at The Mooring in Sevenoaks. Wife's written: got onto M25, me driving very fast but easy to get where you are going. Lurking.	Lurking (218)
1281902	2012-06-17 03:12:00	I know all those places from working and cycling around. I was much further south outside of Ashford, but because I used to road race cycles I often went at least that far for training rides. Used to be an excellent cyclists cafe at Tunbridge Wells railway station	gary67 (56)
1281903	2012-06-17 06:58:00	Correcting someone's spelling is hardly getting personal :) It happens here all the time. I was merely trying to point out the difference between "duel" (as in a gun-fight) and "dual" (as in two) - OK?? Pint taken you are a spilling nazi ....lol It is not Tire it is Tyre get da drift :) Also on a side point one inability I have noticed is when someone refers to the Brits they refer to England and then as soon as you say you are from the British Isles you get called a Pom. I take offence to that for a very good reason! Because I was born in Wales so not a pom as I am not English. But the irony is that the DVLA that sets down the guidelines on driving in the UK and yes England is in Wales so again not England. Just thought I would add that....lol	coldfront (15814)
1281904	2012-06-17 07:05:00	gary67 you and lurking must have missed what I wrote as the last post on page 4? Some the country lanes in Devon and cornwall were and still our great roads to drive. I lived in Plymouth for most my life and the area literally became Roundabout captil of the UK! Those little painted islands started to spring up all other the place and where there was room solid islands as part of road calming and speeding up traffic flow ...hmmm. The roundabout at Marsh Mills was until they built the Expressway was apparently the second largest in Europe. First thing they did to spoil it was put traffic lights on it, something else that the brits like to do Traffic Lights on Roundabouts. But then I remember SH1 used to end on the North Shore at a set of Traffic Lights.	coldfront (15814)
1281905	2012-06-17 07:32:00	gary67 you and lurking must have missed what I wrote as the last post on page 4? Some the country lanes in Devon and cornwall were and still our great roads to drive. I lived in Plymouth for most my life and the area literally became Roundabout captil of the UK! Those little painted islands started to spring up all other the place and where there was room solid islands as part of road calming and speeding up traffic flow ...hmmm. The roundabout at Marsh Mills was until they built the Expressway was apparently the second largest in Europe. First thing they did to spoil it was put traffic lights on it, something else that the brits like to do Traffic Lights on Roundabouts. But then I remember SH1 used to end on the North Shore at a set of Traffic Lights. Yes I did miss it. Try Romney Marsh (yes where the sheep come from) 60miles long by 30miles wide dead flat, not many hedgerows as all fields surrounded by dykes. Great for night driving at speed as you could see any approaching lights for ages before you got to them, only downside if you got it wrong you got very wet. And yes it is Dr Syn country	gary67 (56)
1281906	2012-06-18 05:47:00	I better put you right on a few things! Since I lived and spent half my driving career on UK roads. The speedlimit is 70mph (115kph) on Motorways (they are the ones with shoulder lanes and few turn offs, 70mph (115kph) Duel Carriegeways (those with two lanes each side of the road and 60 mph (96kph) on all other roads not controlled by sset speedlimits. I spent most of my drivng in South West England where single lane roads and country lanes were quite common and the best part was 60mph was the speedlimit down a narrow country lane no wider than your vehicle with hedgerows even the tallest person struggled to see over. My most hated trips were to North London when it involved the M25 my prefered route was through to the North Circular road which actually was quicker most times. But then I also like my night runs from just outside Plymouth to just east of Liverpool up the A38, M5, M6 except that intersection of the M5/M6 at Birmingham. 466kms in 4 1/2 hours in a 7.5 tonne truck because it was the only Truck Size legally allowed to do 70 mph in the 4 1/2 hour driver hours window. Now driving in France especially around the French Alps now that is fun!!!! In one day we manged to do 3 countries narrowly missing a 4th :) ok coldfront at my age, one is entitled to miss a few things. Still think the Brits. could have done something with all those bl##dy Roman roads. Too busy building an Empire, which is also falling apart. We took the bus tour in Europe for 7 weeks, yes that's right toooo bl**dy scared to drive on the right. Lurking.	Lurking (218)
1281907	2012-06-18 06:21:00	The road from Hythe to Canterbury follows the same route as the original London road it really only has one real bend in it's length just outside the village of Petham	gary67 (56)
1281908	2012-06-19 03:13:00	gary, the place is all flat. Had a Pommy friend here (knew him 50 years), he came out in 1954 and couldn't believe how mountainous NZ was. He was still tramping both here and back in UK till he passed away at 96. His favourite saying " he who hates London is tired of living " and I heard the saying on the TV recently. Lurks.	Lurking (218)
1281909	2012-06-19 03:52:00	Why do 23 people indicate after the roundabout. If you are one of those 23 please till us why. :)	Trev (427)
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