Monday / Tuesday - Stats and fatalities

Monday, not a lot to report - up as usual and headed into town but was stuck on the A702 at Hillend for fifteen minutes due to temporary traffic lights on the bend where a wagon had destroyed the safety barrier over the weekend. As usual with the Council, there was no consideration given to the motorist - there was a queue over a mile long heading North and only the occasional car heading south - normally the responsible organisations have the lights manned to try and keep traffic moving.
Had a steady morning and lunch time at the Mercat before heading home to get on with some of my own work - and an early night.

Tuesday - Up at 4 a.m. this morning after another of my usual restless nights, sorted and onto the road by 4.50 a.m. and for once not a single white van man passed me before I reached Glasgow where Bob the man was waiting. Mega quick handover and I was off and heading south.
The M6 is getting worse, three sets of massive roadworks all governed by Average speed cameras - so just about everyone travelling at 50 mph. With the cameras costing so much to install it has to be the case that they do work as it is a means they can recoup the costs.

My white van men did not let me down in the end - one elderly guy near the Morcombe turn off was sitting there happily at about 95 mph. in a wee van - wandering from lane to lane chatting to his wife and grandchildren on his mobile phone. For all it costs for a basic hands free system, perhaps it is time they started crushing the cars being used without a system in place. Do it on the TV before the lottery each Saturday and I am sure the sales of hands free systems would soar, a few range Rovers and a half a dozen white vans in the crusher - problem solved.

Arrived at Runcorn and met with Christine in Reception who is back from her holidays, AND a now a new grandmother, the new baby was born early and only 1lb 12oz, now up into the 2lb area and doing OK - well done, and all the best to the baby.
Kelly and Linda were ready with their paperwork, next stop to see Dick Turpin's sisters who were in good fettle, even trying to sell a fried egg which looked like a rubber doorstop.

Good run north, apart from getting stuck behind a couple of lorries on the two lane stretch of the M74 doing the 2 mph overtake, causing massive tailbacks . Friend Bob was still in the office waiting on Fraser.
Looking at the news tonight, there was a triple fatal accident on a railway level crossing in the North of Scotland near Wick / Thurso when a car drove onto a level crossing totally ignoring the red lights - having sat and waited at these crossings I can see how some folks get fed up and decide to take the risk. Anyway - big one like that, possible that Fraser might have had to go north to deal with it.

Home, out for the count so it was off to bed for a few power zzzzzzzzzz's and recover, which worked a treat - so feeling much better, nice bottle of Kumala Eternal helping with the process.

"GOOD NEWS" tonight according to the Scottish Government, crime figures are the lowest for many years !!!!!!!!!! and all thanks to the many more policeman (invisible) on the beat. I am quite keen to see the official breakdown of the figures as they have been laundering them for years - and this year will be no different, might even be worse.