Some of you noticed the bad state of the roads around Quainton, Buckinghamshire in my last HS2 video. In this video, I thought I would show you more of what it’s like. It’s a bumpy and dangerous ride at times.
You've just triggered off an old memory for me Karl: I can recall driving my bus over Quainton bridge one hot summer's day, more than 30 years ago. When I passed the green-roofed buildings (in whose entrance you stopped for the van) there was a truly horrendous smell that literally made me retch. I'm not talking normal "countryside" smells here either; you expect those. No, this was truly stomach-turning. I don't know if the sewers had backed up, or there was a dead animal nearby, but I've never forgotten it!
What a contrast, a project costing billions and the ordinary roads used by the majority of us suffering from years of neglect! Also, as you have pointed out Karl, the surface of the shared use path over the new bridge on the A418 leaves a lot to be desired.
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Potholes in roads is a national embarrassment
You've just triggered off an old memory for me Karl: I can recall driving my bus over Quainton bridge one hot summer's day, more than 30 years ago.
When I passed the green-roofed buildings (in whose entrance you stopped for the van) there was a truly horrendous smell that literally made me retch. I'm not talking normal "countryside" smells here either; you expect those. No, this was truly stomach-turning.
I don't know if the sewers had backed up, or there was a dead animal nearby, but I've never forgotten it!
Best to pretend you fell down a pothole and hurt yourself , BCC will be out in a flash to repair it,
What a contrast, a project costing billions and the ordinary roads used by the majority of us suffering from years of neglect! Also, as you have pointed out Karl, the surface of the shared use path over the new bridge on the A418 leaves a lot to be desired.