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Old 11th Jul 2003, 22:36
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Pontious
 
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"... on a quiet summer morning..."

The M56 runs from Manchester City centre to North Wales and just happens to be the primary link road for MAN Airport. It's the North's equivalent to that quiet of quiet country lanes namely that M4. Throw in the M60, modelled on the notorious M25 Orbital Car Park,an A40 type trunk road (A56) and a couple of M23's (A556 and M601) plus the start of the first weekend of the Summer season of departures from Manch.(an airport a bit like Gatport Airwick) and that might come close to what we're talking about. That bloody junction is a deathtrap! No wonder the GMP are always in attendance.
I drove through that junction almost every day for 6 years and I was more concerned about driving through it than going to work on a long night flight down to the E.Med.
We have cars up here north of Watford you know Flat Spin about 2 per household which is nearly as many as you guys in the South!
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