On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, at around 14:24:59 local time, Dave Massey
<105671.471@compuserve.com> wrote:
>Message text written by Michael Hargreave Mawson
>>Of course, you have to bear in mind that many of our roads follow routes
>that are well over 2000 years old. The main A5 trunk road from London
>to North Wales, for example, was built by the Romans ("What have the
>Romans ever done for us?"). The road on which I live has followed the
>same route for at least 3500 years...
><
>
>I've been on that road. Going to Llonglen (or however it's spelled).
Llangollen, possibly?
> Had
>a nice chicken pie with mint peas there.
:-)
>
>I seem to recall a phrase from my youth that describes some of the more
>twisty roads: "paved cow path."
That's them.
> But, these are the roads that our LBC's
>are the most fun on. (If it weren't for the traffic that impedes our
>progress).
The road I take to get to TSSC meetings is defined as a "single-track
road with passing places" - i.e., for the majority of its length, it is
only one car wide. "Fun" barely begins to describe it! :-)
ATB
--
Mike
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