...it sometimes even defies conjecture to guess what's been happening.
I had some nights away in Canterbury in the 'van from last Saturday (Who needs the delights of islas Canarias when you can visit Margate, Whitstable and Herne Bay in the freezing cold?).
We had a 40 minute delay on the A1 going South, with a large tailback growing from a relatively recent incident.
When we reached the front of the queue, there was no sign of what had happened (though the police had coned lane 1 off, and were sweeping debris onto the verge). The leading edge of the nearside crash barrier ,however, (I think it might have been this one):
maps.app.goo.gl/Kq1T8rboPgJ1xoYA8
...was bent inwards at 90 degrees, and obscuring about 2/3 of the nearside lane!
No sign of what had hit it, but it must have been substantial. I think they closed the road for barrier repairs shortly after we passed.
The incident was somewhat balanced by the return journey, which had no delays at all, and we made the Dartford Crossing barely slowing down; probably the best northbound journey I've ever had from Kent.
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