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I had trouble with the Google Earth links, had to swap to a different browser :roll: Also, the odd orientation was a bit ... odd! the advanced direction signing is only 150 m before the slip. Clearly the authorities are trying to discourage south-bound vehicles from using the A343, presumably prefe...

:gear: :gear: Now from driving days you may remember(?) I have two Saab 9-5's one a manual (the red one) and one an auto (the grey estate). They look exactly the same inside. I just get in and drive. For the life of me I can't really tell the difference as to what I do, except I probably wiggle the ...

I do (or used to do) a lot of driving in France as we have a second hovel (which we haven't seen for nearly a year). It's in a network of minor roads in the Normandie bocage and it is very useful to have a co-pilot for the right-hand bends ....

Day and time of day is an interesting filter round here. Sunday mornings on the little roads of Vale of White Horse you can almost guarantee peletons of lycra puffing along, and the occasional horse or two. I also have a theory that house developers are now giving away free dogs as a marketing incen...

It all depends a bit what the transparency is. It is difficult to see through a Transit when you are in small sports car and you have to go offside before making the final decision .... Nope. You don't have to overtake, you could hang back and drive your own drive ;) But, actually, haven't you just...

It all depends a bit what the transparency is. It is difficult to see through a Transit when you are in small sports car and you have to go offside before making the final decision ....

In Normandy certainly all roundabouts are give way to traffic on the roundabout. The only problem is that the French still have a habit of sticking to the right hand lane round the roundabout even when going round to the nine o'clock exit

I'm not sure that there is a single simple answer to this. Here in 40 mph land (Occupied North Berkshire) you never know quite what the reaction of the overtakee is going to be (even if they have actually noticed you). Sometimes it is better to take time out and hang well back until there is a reall...

Mmm they wouldn't have liked my original two-stroke Saab, but that was a long time ago.

Phew. You were fortunate that there was adequate space betweeen Car 1 and Car 2.