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bellinghman ([personal profile] bellinghman) wrote2009-11-27 11:58 am

Roads

I am amused by this BBC article on Britain's most intimidating road junctions.. Particularly this comment: Between them, Birmingham, London and Glasgow took eight of the top 10 spots.

Strangely enough, I had no difficulty in guessing what the other two junctions in the list were. Yes, the Swindon and Hemel magic roundabouts, at #4 and #9.

(As someone who negotiated the Hanger Lane gyratory (#5) twice a day for several years, I think I can cope with just about anything, though I'll concede that the Glasgow ones are a real pain.)

[identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com 2009-11-27 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I can quite imagine that happening.

Happily for me, the first time I met it was on a nice sunny day when visiting [livejournal.com profile] bellinghwoman at her workplace. Since she was then working on Park Lane, which is the hill leading down to it, my initial requirement was just to do a 180 round that single element which was at the bottom of the hill. I worked up to more complicated variations on later encounters.