Posts Tagged ‘m25’

8 November 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman WATFORD BY ROAD WITH A MAP

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

WATFORD BY ROAD WITH A MAP Call me old fashioned, but I like driving to places with the aid of a map rather than Sat-Nav. Maps articulate landscape like the pages of a good guide book. Sat-Nav talks to you at every twist and turn so you don’t have to look beyond the stretch in [...]

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17 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman CLACKETT LANE SERVICES

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

This is actually rather civilised as motorway service stations go. The air is calm, surfaces appealing and spacious. Around the periphery, dense woodland and large trees. Noise from the motorway is constant but buffered. Put it this way, I can hear the individual songs of birds, including robin and green woodpecker. Less than half the [...]

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16 October 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman LAST SUNSET ON THE M25

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

I had the last Sunset apple of this season whilst filtering off the M3 onto M25. I picked it out from the glove box, where it’s been since Tuesday, held it to my nose and inhaled deeply. The scent was strong, of apples, and welcome alongside the black asphalt and blue and white directional signs which [...]

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