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Unsure of what a difference of 5 minutes would prove.
There is no escape, you are just a number...Forgot to say that on Sunday we were going to Chatsworth for the Flower Show.
Our plan was to leave at 8.00am to be there for when it opened, but with one thing and another we didn't leave until 8.30am.
Totally forgot about Iron Man and that half the roads were closed from 8.30am (even though I'd had loads of advance warnings).
We couldn't get out of Stafford! Tried every which way but all roads that we tried were blocked. Ended up going back towards home and going up the motorway from J13.
Anyway, we got there at about 11.00am, an hour later than planned. Got talking to a guy from Stone on the Wedgwood Tea display, he said "how on earth did you escape from Stafford"
Forgot to say that on Sunday we were going to Chatsworth for the Flower Show.
Our plan was to leave at 8.00am to be there for when it opened, but with one thing and another we didn't leave until 8.30am.
Totally forgot about Iron Man and that half the roads were closed from 8.30am (even though I'd had loads of advance warnings).
We couldn't get out of Stafford! Tried every which way but all roads that we tried were blocked. Ended up going back towards home and going up the motorway from J13.
Anyway, we got there at about 11.00am, an hour later than planned. Got talking to a guy from Stone on the Wedgwood Tea display, he said "how on earth did you escape from Stafford"
Very true. I live about 5miles from the town centre with no public transport on Sundays. I don't know how the organisers or council expect local residents to get into town to watch the event.The organisers and council really do not give 2 figs about the residents.
I get that @Lucy and I am lucky but think of all the people that work in town and have to make massive detours just to get to work.
My hope is that the town centre traders saw a significant increase in takings.
My view might be muddied a little due to my irrational hatred of cyclists.
I escaped to Somerset on Friday. The organisers and council really do not give 2 figs about the residents.
I am both saddened and aroused by this comment.... my irrational hatred of cyclists.
Very true. I live about 5miles from the town centre with no public transport on Sundays. I don't know how the organisers or council expect local residents to get into town to watch the event.