{"id":493,"date":"2011-06-09T01:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=493"},"modified":"2017-07-20T10:56:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T10:56:29","slug":"what-an-exciting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 8th June 2011 – HAVING LEFT DAVE\u2019S \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"alston<\/a>… last night at … errr … 05:30 this morning in broad daylight, I found a suitable place to park up.<\/p>\n

We’re on top on a mountain on the Alston Moor somewhere not too far away from Nenthead.<\/p>\n

And when I finally awoke … errr … this afternoon, I had some fun with some locals who were admiring Caliburn’s signwriting with consternation.
\n“Good place for a dozen wind turbines, isn’t it?”<\/p>\n

The speed at which they climbed into their car and shot off, presumably to launch another NIMBY campaign against wind farms, was impressive to say the least.<\/p>\n

Say what you like about these NIMBY environmentalists. They couldn’t care less about more nuclear powers stations being built, as long as they are in someone else’s back yard.
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Having had a quick coffee, I drove for ages (and it was ages too) through all of the horse-drawn caravans littering the road between Middleton and Kirkby Lonsdale.<\/p>\n

You have no idea – or maybe you can guess – how much I hate these after having to negotiate an endless stream of them on some of the narrowest and most winding A-roads in the country.<\/p>\n

Horses out of control “driven” by drivers who don’t have a clue. They need tests and drivers’ licences – they need road tax and a minimum speed limit.<\/p>\n

And – even more importantly – they need to keep a substantial distance between themselves and the one o front instead of bunching up in impassable lines of 10 and 12 outfits<\/p>\n

Failing that, they can p155 off into a field and get out of everyone’s feet. There are plenty of bridlepaths and cartways where they can mill about at their leisure out of everyone else’s way.<\/p>\n

I finally arrived in Middlewich just about in time to rescue Percy Penguin from work and give her my fullest attention. But it was touch and go, I’ll tell you.<\/p>\n

Now I’m on Sandbach Services and I’m sodding off in a minute to find a place to sleep. Its [gulp] 02:31 and I have a lot to do tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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