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September 4th, 2007 · Posted by Skuds in Life · 1 Comment · Life

On Sunday we went over to the playing fields at Creasys Drive to play. “We” means a group of more than 20, including babies, children and teenagers. Everyone had a good time throwing frisbees around, kicking footballs, playing catch, racing, and picnicking. Well… everyone else did. I have some sort of sprain in my right shoulder, tennis elbow on my left arm, and didn’t really feel much like making any of it any worse.

One thing we could not help noticing was the traffic on the A264 which passes behind the fields. I don’t even want to speculate on how fast the motorbikes were going along there. We are used to hearing them from our garden but didn’t appreciate just how loud they are up close.

I can’t believe they were going any slower than 100 and would not be surprised if they were doing 120+

I have heard that there is a sort of unofficial circuit called the triangle where bikers like to cruise around at the weekends, and the A264 is one side of it. If you are going to ride at silly speeds I guess thats safer than most other roads – its not a very busy road – but blighting a large part of Broadfield with the noise.

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