Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Could you not just do the whole trip on the train?

Would love to but it takes bloody ages.

My station code is HNK. See for yourself.

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Could you not just do the whole trip on the train?

Would love to but it takes bloody ages.

My station code is HNK. See for yourself.

Oh right, in that case you need to borrow Rob's Aston Martin for the day. Clarkson always seems to beat Hammond & May when they fly/train and he takes the car.

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Suggested routes

    592 mi, 10 hours 18 mins
    In current traffic: 10 hours 18 mins
    A26 and A4
    602 mi, 10 hours 15 mins
    In current traffic: 10 hours 44 mins
    E411
    619 mi, 10 hours 34 mins
    In current traffic: 11 hours 4 mins
    E40

Driving directions to Strasbourg, France   3D
This route has tolls.
This route includes a car transport.
   
Sharnford
UK
   
   1. Head northwest   
   
   
112 ft
   2. Turn left toward Leicester Rd/B4114    
   
   
367 ft
   3. Slight left onto Leicester Rd/B4114    
   
   
390 ft
   4. Take the 1st left onto Coventry Rd    
   
   
0.1 mi
   5. Turn left to stay on Coventry Rd    
   
   
0.5 mi
   6. Continue onto B4114    
   
   
1.3 mi
   7. Turn left onto A5    
   
   
4.6 mi
   8. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Coventry Rd/A4303
Continue to follow A4303
Go through 3 roundabouts
   
   
   
2.7 mi
   9. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the M1 ramp to London/Northampton    
   
   
0.4 mi
   10. Merge onto M1    
   
   
64.7 mi
   11. At junction 6A, take the M25 exit to M11/Dartford    
   
   
1.0 mi
   12. Continue straight onto M25
Partial toll road
   
   
   
40.2 mi
   13. Continue onto A282
Partial toll road
   
   
   
3.3 mi
   14. Continue onto M25    
   
   
3.5 mi
   15. Take the exit onto M20    
   
   
48.0 mi
   16. At junction 11A, exit toward Channel Tunnel    
   
   
0.4 mi
   17. Continue straight    
   
   
0.8 mi
   18. Turn right    
   
   
0.5 mi
   19. Turn left    
   
   
0.5 mi
   20. Slight right    
   
   
0.3 mi
   21. Take the train    
   
   
302 ft
   22. Take the train    
   
   
0.2 mi
   23. Take the train to Fréthun
Entering France
   
   
   
33.2 mi
   24. Take the train to Coquelles    
   
   
0.2 mi
   25. Continue straight    
   
   
400 ft
   26. Turn right toward Av. de France    
   
   
0.7 mi
   27. Continue straight onto Av. de France    
   
   
0.6 mi
   28. Keep right at the fork and merge onto A16    
   
   
3.8 mi
   29. Take the A26/E15 exit toward Saint-Omer/Arras/Reims/Paris
Toll road
   
   
   
0.5 mi
   30. Merge onto A26
Partial toll road
   
   
   
162 mi
   31. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for A4/E50/E46/E17/Lyon/Metz-Nancy/Reims-Sud and merge onto A4/E17/E46/E50
Continue to follow A4/E50
Partial toll road
Speed camera in 138 mi
   
   
   
147 mi
   32. Slight left onto A4
Partial toll road
Speed camera in 66.7 mi
   
   
   
69.4 mi
   33. Take exit 51 toward Strasbourg-Centre/Avenue des Vosges/Robertsau    
   
   
0.7 mi
   34. Merge onto D263    
   
   
0.2 mi
   35. Turn right onto Rue de Haguenau    
   
   
469 ft
   36. Continue onto Rue du Faub. de Pierre    
   
   
0.3 mi
   37. Continue onto Rue de la Nuée Bleue    
   
   
0.2 mi
   38. Continue straight onto Pl. Broglie    
   
   
157 ft
   39. Turn right onto Rue des Étudiants    
   
   
394 ft
   40. Take the 1st left onto Pl. du Temple Neuf    
   
   
236 ft
   
Strasbourg
France

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I thought this may interest you Tom.

This Viaduct is 200 years old, & was bought to my attention by a friend next door.....

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laigh_Milton_Viaduct

But look at this.....

The west pier is founded on a hard wood platform 5ins (127mm) thick at a depth about 6 ft (1.8 m) below normal river level, and rests on sand, gravel and weathered bedrock. This timber is saturated but still hard

I think that is extraordinary.

Click to see full-size image.

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http://euobserver.com/social/117216

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I thought this may interest you Tom.

This Viaduct is 200 years old, & was bought to my attention by a friend next door.....

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laigh_Milton_Viaduct

But look at this.....

The west pier is founded on a hard wood platform 5ins (127mm) thick at a depth about 6 ft (1.8 m) below normal river level, and rests on sand, gravel and weathered bedrock. This timber is saturated but still hard

I think that is extraordinary.

Click to see full-size image.

As my old granddad used to say, "You can't bead a good bit of wood".

[Kev B]

Mrs Red & I are the UK ERTF representatives. (Unpaid).

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Dear Delegate,

The Secretariat of the European Roma and Travellers Forum cordially invites you to participate at the 2012 Plenary Assembly of the European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF), which will take place as follows:

Date and time of opening the meeting:      Thursday 6th September 2012 at 9:00 a.m.
Closure of the meeting:                     Friday 7th September 2012 at 5:30 p.m.
Venue of the meeting:                                       Palais de l’Europe, Room 1
                                                            Avenue de l’Europe, Strasbourg, France
Working languages:                                       Romanes, English, French

The draft agenda is enclosed. All the materials related to the Plenary Assembly meeting will be sent to the participants in due course.

Please make sure to print out all received materials and bring them with you at the meeting. Only limited numbers of copies will be available during the meeting.   

That's quite an honour Tom. Unpaid I see, please tell me you get expeces covered. Best of luck with your journey.

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Yes Kev, we get our expenses back.... Eventually. 

We do have to show that we've kept them to a minimum though. No expensive lunches or business class flights etc.

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Saw this double rainbow and another mile up the road it looked like we were actually going to drive through it as it appeared to touch down in the road less than 50 yards in front of us.

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There really is a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow you know.

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Mrs Red, as the rain beat down. "Well they can stick this summer where the sun don't shine".

[Karabiner]

Mrs Red, as the rain beat down. "Well they can stick this summer where the sun don't shine".

She's in good form lately, not that she has ever been out of form of course..

[tikay]

Saw this double rainbow and another mile up the road it looked like we were actually going to drive through it as it appeared to touch down in the road less than 50 yards in front of us.

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Is that the Humber Bridge, Jase?

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Mrs Red, as the rain beat down. "Well they can stick this summer where the sun don't shine".

She's in good form lately, not that she has ever been out of form of course..

She was highly amused at the notion of re-stringing your egg slicer Ralph.

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Saw this double rainbow and another mile up the road it looked like we were actually going to drive through it as it appeared to touch down in the road less than 50 yards in front of us.

Click to see full-size image.

Is that the Humber Bridge, Jase?

That's is a great spot Tony. I doubt very much that most people who cross it daily would have known that. Although you would not have been up against much as this would have included quite a few people from Hull and they are not the sharpest of knives in the draw

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