Decision Time

To come off the M5 motorway at Bristol or not to come off the M5 Motorway at Bristol? That is the question posed at 16.22 this Friday afternoon.

Geoff has called with news of standstill misery for the five junctions lying in wait. A look at the Collins, AA sponsored, Michelin endorsed spiral bound A to Z atlas leaves us with two feasible options. Persevere with the motorway crawlathon in the hope that it will subside or drive through Bristol itself (Britain's 9th largest city - I don't know why I know this fact. Heard it once when I was a kid and it stuck like fact glue to my brain).

Peak time.

Friday afternoon.

Bank Holiday.

Driving through Bristol had mediocre farcical movie starring John Cleese and Helena Bonham Carter written all over it so we opted to persevere with the M5.

It took 1 hour and 24 minutes to move the five junctions. One can only guess how long this would have taken had we done the Bristol thing. We'll never know if it was the right or wrong decision. Unless of course we are reborn into a parallel universe. For each decision taken in this life, an alternative decision is taken in that one. Actually, in this case we still wouldn't know unless in that future parallel universe we retain the knowledge of what's happened in this one. If this is the case I'll let you all know the outcome in my blog - www.liberatingmondays.blogspot.com