This afternoon I left home in good time to drive to Stafford for a Borough Council training meeting on the Constitution at 4.30 p.m. I never arrived!
It transpired that the M6 motorway had been blocked by a lorry, which had shed its load, for most of the day and Stafford was gridlocked. I hit the first tail back before Redhill island so thought I'd be clever and go along Beaconside. No chance! I sat for over an hour before reaching the entrance to Stafford General Hospital. I'd already given up all hope of getting to the meeting so accepted my fate of just having to be patient. Eventually I started my journey home by turning along Corporation Street just at the time the meeting would have been finishing.
I just wished I'd taken my car instead of Janet's. Hers doesn't have air conditioning and I was sweltering!
