long drive home

[peck72]

Ok, I left work yesterday at 17.05 and finally walked throught he door at 21.20. This journey would normally take me about 40 minutes but as I've now discovered, if they close the M56 it takes considerably longer.
Apparently there was an abandoned van with suspicious packages in it at the Runcorn services, close to Jct 12 where I would join the motorway. This, due to the current atmosphere, meant that they closed the motorway near that junction, and everything within a several mile vicinity ground to a halt. There were still queues coming into Chester when I arrived at 2100, so I dread to think what time some people got home last night.

 If you were another one of the crawling masses then you have my sympathy and my empathy.

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wouldn't it have been quicker to walk?

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like a nightmare and more of a reason to abandon another vehicle and walk home.

Re: wouldn't it have been quicker to walk?

[peck25.livejournal.com]

It felt that way at times. I did give serious consideration to calling a friend who lives near Northwich and asking if they could put me up on their sofa for the night.