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Don’t Cry Sister

December 30th, 2008 · Posted by Skuds in Life · 3 Comments · Life

Going back to visit family in Essex, as we did at the weekend, is always a pleasure and especially at Christmas time.  With Jane living up in Yorkshire it is not that often we all get together but Christmas is one of those times.  It can get a bit mad though.

Mum’s bungalow starts to feel quite full when we all squeeze in with six children – most of them teenagers now.  It is always a good chance to catch up with things and just spend a bit of time together, with the highlight of this year seeing both sisters and mother trying to wipe away tears of hysterical laughter.

Just a shame we have to suffer the dreaded M25 to get there.  What was going on Saturday?  The M23 was bad and then the M25 was worse.  It took about an hour to get from the A20 junction round to the Dartford crossing and the revelation that the toll has now gone up from a pound to £1.50.

Trivial compared to Jane’s journey down from Bradford, but still not much fun, and Mum still can’t be persuaded to retire to the South coast…

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  • skud's sister

    Worst part us our journey was trouble free! I even commented to Rob that we don’t usually have motorway issues. Even with a break for a bite to eat we still made the journey, each time, in about 4 1/2 hours. Maybe it’s just the bit of the M25 south of the river – the bit from the M1 round to the A127 was a pussycat.

  • skud's sister

    I just remembered the two magic words that probably made your bit of the M25 so bad. Bluewater & Lakeside.

  • Skuds

    That was my first thought, but the radio said the M25 was just stuffed all the way round. Don’t htink there was any specific reason.