Tonight I trundled slowly home across the Glacia formerly known as Stoke on Trent.... 4x4 and low box in Percy (Auto) we trotted along at around 20mph or so across what was in the main sheet ice roads slowing appropriately etc etc.
As always in these situations I got the village idiot up my rear end itching to get past but not quite having the bottle to come by.
Then we come to the road where it opens into 3 lanes of one way system and the vehicle behind starts to overtake... fair enough but surely he's seen that enormous 3ft big red and white traffic cone in the middle of the road ??? Nope....thwack went the cone against the front end of the still acelerating car and shot across the rear end of Percy like a Michael Owen cross fortunately narrowly missing... I look to my right to give said driver one of my looks of disapproval to see it's a Freelander with Super dark tinted windows....oh and a Messy bumper....
The Moral being (what ever car you may drive) don't drool as you pass by Percy and if you do get the chance to pass by ask yourself why.
Hope the Freelanders ok...shame, what a waste!
Lee D
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