59. Expect delays

The Council hates me - it's really the only sensible explanation. And, also, they're becoming quite gallus about displaying this hatred...

I have one main route to drive to work. The Council has just approved gas main replacement works on this route (a fairly major and busy road) for 22 weeks. Yes, that's right - 28 weeks of roadworks!!! Big sign - "roadworks for 28 weeks - expect delays - use alternative route".

Well, OK. Except, my second route to work has roadworks on it - gas main replacement works again, oddly - causing, well, delays. So can't go that way.

That's it for easy routes to work... And that's ignoring the fact that they've just slapped down some roadworks on the road outside my house. Route 3 is a bit silly (drive out of my way to get round the roadworks) and bumpy (there goes the rest of my suspension), but not too much longer than the normal route(s)... Except some roadworks have appeared on this route too! Seems to just be surface replacement works, but come on! This is persecution!! Of the highest order!!

Route 4 is a slightly different version of Route 3... We shall see how long it takes for them to schedule some roadworks on that route too.... Assuming that my car survives the quaint cobblestones and accursed speedbumps which are now its daily challenge...

I shall have to see if there is some way to appease the Council before I end up trapped in my own home, in the cold (yes, radiator in sitting room still not working - must get that fixed... With the mythical money which I will be printing in my office any day now...)

:o)

Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 25 mins, 3.1 miles [Level 6]