At the risk of being labelled a miserable old sod, I got stuck at the back of a queue of traffic behind two old tractors and a trailer. Turns out it was "Farmers on Tour". They are travelling from Lands End to John o'Groats in these tractors and, from their own web site; "The trio plan to cover 100 miles a day at a speed of 15mph per hour". Oh joy. 15mph. On the A49. On the Friday before a bank holiday. Thanks guys. Still, by the time they reached Warrington it would be rush hour and they'd be going as fast as anyone else :-)
Could I possibly donate money to your worthy cause, cancer research, and in return you keep OFF the road?
If you're feeling generous...
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JH
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...rush hour in Warrington...
Looks like they are a bit behind schedule.
They were leaving John O'Groats on April 17 and the journey was supposed to take 'about two weeks', according to the website.
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maybe they met some handsome sheep on the way?
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They were heading North when I passed them. Maybe they'd dropped something along the way and were looking for it?
JH
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That's nothing like as bad as the bikers protest about petrol prices. They deliberately blocked all lanes of the M62. The farmers were driving normally. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8655686.stm
Last edited by: L'escargot on Sun 2 May 10 at 07:29
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The farmers were driving normally
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>>>>>> good point
20 years ago plus all good farmers would pull into the side of the road to let following cars pass,nowadays they are super powerfull still have their bald tyres and now are driven by pimply faced young farmers with a chip on their shoulders who take great delight in blocking our country roads at 8.00am in in the morning and holding everyone else up
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Also, people used to overtake more. Fear of cameras and an overall increase in traffic densities has all but put a stop to that. It is no longer within the skillset of many drivers to even attempt it. Those few who still do risk incurring the ire, deliberate lack of cooperation and even retaliation of others who now seem, in the main, to deeply resent it. The queue becomes therefore, a self fulfilling prophesy.
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...by pimply faced young farmers with a chip on their shoulders...
A chip on one shoulder and a mobile phone cradled in the other.
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Farmers on tour - Iffy
