Re: Row, row, row your boat....

On Jul 22, 5:46 pm, Stuart Rogers
<stuart.rogers.clara.co...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 22/7/07 12:59, "Steve Criddle" wrote:

> Exeter's been largely rain free - the only bit I came across
> was when I was driving past Bristol on the M5 last Tuesday.  (80
> miles north oe Exeter.)  It was absolutely bucketting down.  No
> matter, the Gordano Services were only a couple of miles away -
> I could wait out the storm there.  By the time I reached the
> services the rain had gone, so I decided to press on instead.
> Big mistake.  Less than a minute after passing the junction, we
> got dumped on big time.  There was no atmosphere as such, just a
> vertical sea with slots.  I could barely see the vehicle in front,
> and I found myself aquaplaning a couple of times.  I've driven in
> heavy rain many times, but this was the first time I could say it
> was truly frightening.
>
> Stuart, big scaredy-bunny

Similar thing on the A14 on Friday. Was like driving underwater - if
there had been
a slow moving silver car in front of me, there's no way I could have
seen it and had time
to stop.
And aquaplaning is brown trousers scary. Unfortunately was not wearing
them at the time.

Sally, even more scared than you girl