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Ted - know now what you mean about your father-in-law as a passenger! He's much worse than Joe, Charles, Harry and Angela. It was like being on a driving test all the time. Every so often - he'd ask what the speed limit was and then ask how I knew and when did I see the lolly!

After two days of this I insured my car for him to drive instead! Have to say he is rather cool for his age! Took him to Wales and some NT places around here . He did most of the driving and guess what - I can now do a heel and toe properly! He taught me! Hopefully Wildy will rescue me this weekend!

Anyway - he was scathing about some road signs - the lack of them! When we drove on the Carrington Spur he was amazed to find they changed the limit from NSL to 50 mph! He was even more amused by M60 Gatso before J8.


As you know - was very visible and they had the road marks.

They have now moved the cam behind the crash barrier and removed the line markings. Perhaps they were not making any cash from it!

As you go up the to the Spur.. they placed twin lollies at the entrance to the roundabout now - but that was only after speaking to Herr von No Nonsense from Switzerland after the trip to the Trafford Centre where he bought his wife something sweet!

As you go around - you get the tempo twins for 40 mph to M60 slip roads but when you cross the M60 to take the A6144 down to Carrington, Dunham, Lymm etc - there is no lolly there. There is one for traffic coming to the junction from the A56 though.

As you go down the A6144 there are 50 mph repeaters but no red oblong informing that the limit has in fact changed and even more annoying ... the cam van was illegally parked in the lay-by by the SOS phone.

Cue Herr von No Nonsense as my passenger on that occasion hitting the mobile phone to complain again and his wife sighing in the back.... I see where Wildy gets it from now!

So .. A6144 - now

Last week I was able to assist in the preservation of the A6144(M) sign for posterity

Ted - know now what you mean about your father-in-law as a passenger! He's much worse than Joe, Charles, Harry and Angela. It was like being on a driving test all the time. Every so often - he'd ask what the speed limit was and then ask how I knew and when did I see the lolly!

After two days of this I insured my car for him to drive instead!

Have to say he is rather cool for his age!

Took him to Wales and some NT places around here . He did most of the driving and guess what - I can now do a heel and toe properly! He taught me!

As you go down the A6144 there are 50 mph repeaters but no red oblong informing that the limit has in fact changed and even more annoying ... the cam van was illegally parked in the lay-by by the SOS phone.

Cue Herr von No Nonsense as my passenger on that occasion hitting the mobile phone to complain again and his wife sighing in the back.... I see where Wildy gets it from now!

It's no longer a motorway anymore? Some people have to spoil all the fun.

I am sure the stretch past the first lights used to be 60 mph and is now 40 mph - as is that road leading to Trafford Hospital and Urmston. The latter - could understand as it's 30 mph as you get to sharp bend which leads to the train station there.