Long day today, headed off at 4.45 a.m. to Glasgow and then south to Risley - roads seemed a bit quieter but there seemed to be lots more lorries. In fact at the big open cast mine south of Lesmahagow there must have been a line of at least thirty wagons waiting to get into the Open Cast - now I can understand why the locals were/ are up in arms.
I stopped for petrol as usual at the Shell garage beside the M6 at J24 the Haydock / Liverpool junction - fun and games taking place withe the place becoming gridlocked following an accident opposite the garage. A female taxi driver appears to have run out of petrol and pulled onto the verge opposite the garage to go for petrol in a can. Having stopped a following car got caught out and has had to pull out to miss her car, that car then gets smacked in the rear by white van man, and as he stops he is rammed in the rear by a lorry. Police arrived very quickly but within ten minutes the area was gridlocked and the M6 slip from the Northbound lane was queuing out all along the M6.
Moral of the story, make sure you do not run out of petrol.Rest of the day, very nice in the sun and I even had the roof of the wee Tut Tut (Smart car) open for a few hours.
Came home over the M62 to Weatherby, up the M1 and then, for a change, took the A68 up to Castleside, dropping in to see a friend but he was at work, then up and over the Carter Bar, through Jedburgh, St Boswells, across to Galashiels, then Peebles and home. The roads were generally very quiet, but when I did come upon traffic it was slow, holding everyone up - Sunday drivers out on a Tuesday.
Home for a rest but we have had some bad news which I will comment on when I get the facts straight.
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