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The Land of a Thousand Speed Cameras

This is by way of a warning when driving on British Roads. We have speed cameras everywhere. I think we’ve got as many speed cameras as rabbits - they seem to be proliferating at the same rate anyway. A debatable number of these yellow boxes are there in the name of road safety. The vast majority however are cash generators for our esteemed government. You have been warned. Even Britain’s top traffic cop, Meredith Hughes fell foul of the cameras recently and was fined and disqualified from driving for 6 weeks for driving at 90mph in a 60 mph area. I shouldn’t gloat as I’m nearly in the same position as Mr. Hughes, being only a couple of minor speeding offences away from a statutory driving ban. I’m not alone however as it’s calculated that there are over 1 million motorists in the same predicament. If you think that the fact that you’re not British and that you’re driving a rental car will protect you …think again.

1 comment January 9th, 2008

Dreams of a white Christmas

Christmas has just been and gone, and I had a great time.

Christmas is a very important time of year in the UK, as it is when families all come together, have a roast turkey dinner and exchanges presents.

My family and I have had an adventure this year getting all the Christmas lights, decorations and most importantly the Christmas Tree from out of the attic and putting them on display. There are a wide variety of trees that you can choose from in Britain, white trees, black trees etc. This year we decided to go with the traditional pine green tree, themed with golden tinsel and beads, glittering baubles and reindeer and taking centre piece is the shining star at the top. It looks beautiful, and my 9-month old son cannot take his eyes off it.

Add comment January 2nd, 2008