The caravan conundrum

Cairo is good, no left turn you have to do a U turn and its compulsory to block the road if you can. The brilliant transport minister has come out in favour of trying an increase to 80- and if it works derestricting some bits. For me that would be fantastic if they could derestrict bottom of M74 and top of M6 so I could try those beautiful long curves out at 150-170...........................joy...

 

My worst driving experience was on a vast roundabout on the Milan ringroad. It had just been resurfaced and there were no markings on it. What should have been a four lane road was turned into ten. Total nightmare.

If you are caught speeding by more than 35% over the limit here, the police can confiscate your licence on the spot. Eric Clapton was caught not far from here doing 140mph on a 80mph autoroute. His licence was taken away, but he had a passenger who was able to take over the driving.

 

My worst driving experience was on a tiny mountain track in Crete about 25 years ago - single track with passing spaces and a 2000 foot drop on one side with no barriers - I have never been so frightened in my driving life - we found a different way back

 

Did exactly the same myself, Leo. Round about 1980 in Southern Crete in a hire car with a dodgy hand brake. Followed a road to a supposedly brilliant beach. It followed a twisting gorge for 10k or so. There was nowhere to turn round so we had no choice but to go on. The surface was loose shale which added to the insecurity especially on corners. The beach was beautiful but I spent the whole day apprehensive about the return drive. We made it but I never trusted a Cretan map again.

 

Wearyellow you called my mum a kangaroo. May you head become stuck in a portaloo. Good day to you sir donkey

 

The pedant in me has to interject here - w~y was wrong to assume from your username that your mother is Kanga. If she were, you would be named joey - thought even poms knew that.

 

Theo - it has to be the same road /beach - loose shale and all. There was one place on a bend where the road widened out a bit and I thought of a 3 point turn (well I would have actually gone for a 97 point turn) but the thought of pointing the car at a huge drop on a loose shale road made me go all cold - so I went on

 

Leo I take it your not the type that goes bungee jumping

 

I get vertigo standing on a chair

 

Anyway would you trust a bungee rope made by someone who called himself a Cretan ?

 

But Roo's mum is called Kanga and Roo is called Roo, not Joey...