For the third day on the run there have been unbroken skies and warm temperatures (I class 27 as the threshold of "hot", and we haven't quite achieved that here ye), so I once again availed myself of the big free sunbed treatment. Younger souls than myself might be concerned about solar radiation damage, but I tan pretty well for a Caucasian; besides, I have already lived more than 2/3 of my life so I can't bring myself to see it as a problem, as long as I avoid burning.
NEW FEATURE!
DR PELAGIUS'S NEW HIGHWAY CODE
RULE 1
When joining a dual carriageway, simply draw into the main thoroughfare regardless of what may be approaching. They can either swing out into the fast lane to avoid you, or brake. To summarise: always try to operate this basic rule:
MY JOURNEY'S IMPORTANT: YOURS ISN'T
Please follow future blogs for new highway code rules, as practised by many if not most of the drivers I see around me these days.
*Heathcote Williams coined this phrase in his book "Autogeddon" in the late 80s- seems to me things haven't changed much...
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