Weird feeling!

[Buckman]

Yesterday we were travelling from Worcester down to Burnham on Sea. We stopped at Sedgemore services for about 20 minutes. On leaving at about 3.30pm we could see no cars on the road so no issue entering motorway. The only other two cars that we could see on the motorway were the two cars that had left the services just behind us. It was like that all the way to the turn off and when crossing the bridge, OH could not see any other cars on the road. We assume an accident must have blocked the road after the Weston turn off.

 

[Dustydog]

Yesterday we were travelling from Worcester down to Burnham on Sea. We stopped at Sedgemore services for about 20 minutes. On leaving at about 3.30pm we could see no cars on the road so no issue entering motorway. The only other two cars that we could see on the motorway were the two cars that had left the services just behind us. It was like that all the way to the turn off and when crossing the bridge, OH could not see any other cars on the road. We assume an accident must have blocked the road after the Weston turn off.

Or you had been temporarily accosted by Aliens to discover what makes you tick😜

 

[Sam Vimes]

Maybe your reputation goes before you -

 

[Jcloughie]

Yesterday we were travelling from Worcester down to Burnham on Sea. We stopped at Sedgemore services for about 20 minutes. On leaving at about 3.30pm we could see no cars on the road so no issue entering motorway. The only other two cars that we could see on the motorway were the two cars that had left the services just behind us. It was like that all the way to the turn off and when crossing the bridge, OH could not see any other cars on the road. We assume an accident must have blocked the road after the Weston turn off.

We were a little behind you. And yes, I think there had been an accident just after Weston. It held us up for a short while, but I think the worst was over and it soon cleared for us.

John

 

[Buckman]

I think it was a car fire?

Maybe your reputation goes before you -

Nice to feel royal and special again! LOL!

 

[woodsieboy]

We had similar last year, towing van back from Petherton Carnival weekend, awful thunderstorm, with some cars leaving the motorway to visit the embankment, we got on the motorway, and travelled north for approx 3 miles with nothing else around us, so then looked in mirror and saw blue lights, police car went straight past us, we got off at our junction and carried on home.
Assumed the motorway was close south of our entry junction but obviously traffic was allowed on to the motorway northbounda weird feeling for sure

 

[Buckman]

For a moment we thought we had taken a wrong turn and were on a French motorway. LOL!

 

[Sam Vimes]

March 24th 2020, was the first full day of the Covid Lockdown. Unfortunately my fathers funeral was on the 25th held just north of London. We had to drive the 700 plus miles back home the same day and it was a strange journey in more ways than one.

For the whole journey we didn't see more than a dozen or so other vehicles. The motorway services were deserted and more often we were the only car there. Some of the shops were still open and I remember getting some food items from M&S for when we got home. We were the only customer and just a couple of staff.

These days on the same journey the roads are packed and we see more vehicles in a day than we see on our part of Skye in a year I suspect.

 

[Dustydog]

March 24th 2020, was the first full day of the Covid Lockdown. Unfortunately my fathers funeral was on the 25th held just north of London. We had to drive the 700 plus miles back home the same day and it was a strange journey in more ways than one.

For the whole journey we didn't see more than a dozen or so other vehicles. The motorway services were deserted and more often we were the only car there. Some of the shops were still open and I remember getting some food items from M&S for when we got home. We were the only customer and just a couple of staff.

These days on the same journey the roads are packed and we see more vehicles in a day than we see on our part of Skye in a year I suspect.

Sorry to hear that Sam.

Whilst my cat is not blacker you have reminded me of our lonesome Journeys to North Devon on the M5 during the first 8 weeks of Covid.
My mum had fallen ill and was in the local Barnstaple hospital.
We barely saw one car never mind any HGVs the whole 160 miles.

The Hospital gave a letter addressed to the Police advising my mum was seriously ill and they had asked me to make the journeys.

Apparently the Police helped the NHS draw up these scripts and safe passage was assured.
Certainly very strange times.

 

[Sam Vimes]

My father passed away just 5 days before his 100th birthday. Not COVID, just old age caught up with him. He was very gregarious and was still going fishing a few months before. I don't think he would have endured the lockdown very well.