Strewth! Moaning Londoners (re: Almost taken out...)
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Re: Strewth! Almost taken out this morning
I bet if did hit the silly cow she would have said it was your fault.
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Re: Strewth! Almost taken out this morning
Still closed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/londonc ... /unplanned
Back thru Camberwell for me then...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/londonc ... /unplanned
Back thru Camberwell for me then...
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Re: Strewth! Almost taken out this morning
Zed wrote:Still closed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/londonc ... /unplanned
Back thru Camberwell for me then...
this was my morning commute-
im terrible with directions and not sure how to go another way, appalling i know as i was born here

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Re: Strewth! Almost taken out this morning
You'll get used to it. At least your filtering is improving 
I came back through blackwall tunnel. 35 mins door to door compared to the usual 45 mins. Result!

I came back through blackwall tunnel. 35 mins door to door compared to the usual 45 mins. Result!
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Re: Strewth! Moaning Londoners (re: Almost taken out...)


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Moan, moan....
I changed the title, since it's general moaning now

Nice result Halfa: Camberwell is bad, because you can't ride in the bus lanes...
so the two foreigners get around better than a local 


Nice result Halfa: Camberwell is bad, because you can't ride in the bus lanes...
Of course it's my fault: I chose to ride a dangerous anti social scooterjohnp wrote:I bet if did hit the silly cow she would have said it was your fault.

woozy-uk wrote:im terrible with directions and not sure how to go another way, appalling i know as i was born here


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Re: Strewth! Moaning Londoners (re: Almost taken out...)
I like the bit where you and the bus,came together approx 14.30 bus 1 vs scoot 0.
Seeing as i live down this way,its still closed going new x way.
Seeing as i live down this way,its still closed going new x way.

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Re: Strewth! Almost taken out this morning
woozy-uk wrote:this was my morning commute-
I didnt watch every second, but interesting seeing where you'd filter/overtake that i wouldnt, or i would and you dont - obviously the video dosent show what you can see looking about, but interesting.richie the 1st wrote:I like the bit where you and the bus,came together approx 14.30 bus 1 vs scoot 0.
Seeing as i live down this way,its still closed going new x way.
Depending on what time you get to Old Kent Road, ill have to keep an eye out, i typically join by the BP at the south and go off at Great Dover Street at the north end

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Re: Strewth! Moaning Londoners (re: Almost taken out...)
Got this in my e-mails this morning - not quite so bad here as it's flat but snow is falling on ice at the moment:
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Re: Strewth! Moaning Londoners (re: Almost taken out...)
yes i didnt mean to block the bus
typical of my sort of luck in life. it couldnt have got that far after me anyway. shortly after that i went up the wrong way onto oncoming traffic next to Tesco then i had a job trying to get out of tesco
ok keep a look out for me guys. i think my scooters quite distinctive. And yes Half.. you pond skippers do know more than a local.
My mums dutch, came here when she was 25 and knows her way round well.
im half dutch / half english





ok keep a look out for me guys. i think my scooters quite distinctive. And yes Half.. you pond skippers do know more than a local.

My mums dutch, came here when she was 25 and knows her way round well.
im half dutch / half english