How the hell do you guys put up with it - those that have one of course.
I left the house at 7.00am this morning for a trip to Birmingham [annual conference].
I stopped off at Tescos for fuel, and chose the pay at pump option because didn't want to queue or speak to anyone that early in the morning. I put my card in and a lovely message informed me I could only pay inside FFS! I filled up and went inside to pay, but one of the two tills was being 'cashed up', so the queue was enormous and one old lady taking money FFS. After about 15 minutes [when I was almost at the front anyway], the other till came on FFS!
I then wanted to put some air in the tyres so went to the machine. I got out and took off the dust cap etc, but no air came out. When looking at the machine I noticed they now charge 20p to put air in the tyres FFS! When did that happen? They didn't charge about 2 weeks ago FFS!
When I got on the motorway - about 7.40 I was greeted by a queue FFS! Are people really up and about that early every day? FFS!
Then it started raining FFS!
The rest of the trip to Brum was very slow, especially the A34 FFS!
The only encouragement I had was hearing the M27 was solid from Pompey to Whiteley FFS!
Coming back from Brum, the M42 was its usual pea soup like self. The M40 was empty, but then I sat in a queue from the M40 turn off all the way to the pear tree interchange - a car towing a boat had lost a wheel on the trailer, the police seemed to be quite happy sitting around not doing anything FFS!
I take my hat off to all of you that have to suffer the inadequacies of our motorway system every single day, but really have to ask WHY DO YOU DO IT???