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January 13, 2005

The Sound of Claxons

From Michelle, dicing with dangerous manmade constructions...

So there I was the other day, casually strolling down the road, totally in a little world of my own, completely minding my own business, so not bothering anyone, when all of a sudden...

Claxons started claxonning. Flashy lights started flashing...

This could mean only one thing.

Rotterdam, being in the Netherlands, has a lot of canals and is a city of working bridges. See, lots of boats are too tall to get under the bridges, so when I say working bridges I mean that a lot of them can be raised to allow for shipping access.

So anyway, back to the claxonning claxons and flashing lights, and me walking down the road minding my own business...

Then, the barriers on either side of the road came down to halt all vehicles that would otherwise be driving across the bridge (or cyclists cyling without hands across the bridge, of course).

Unfortunately, I was in the MIDDLE of the bridge when all of this kerfuffle commenced. Of course I was in the middle of the bridge. Where else would I be?

I have never run so bloody fast in my life.

Happy New Year everyone! I'll be back on Monday with My Christmas, The Goats and The Sound of Music.

Michelle xx

Posted by Michelle at 2:01 PM | Comments (2)

Comments

Posted by: Nancy Brandt at January 13, 2005 10:48 PM

Posted by: Michelle at January 14, 2005 3:33 AM