tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post5138586397465579293..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The dark secrets of the side of the roadDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-64494111839754642922009-10-10T21:34:55.670+01:002009-10-10T21:34:55.670+01:00A recent series that was right up my street (sorry...A recent series that was right up my street (sorry) was The Secret Life of the Motorway, narrated by Philip Glenister, especially the bit about Stott Hall Farm on my favourite motorway, the M62, which the road forks around.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345758492182779923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-60287554767255741962009-10-10T18:24:36.836+01:002009-10-10T18:24:36.836+01:00Round where I live on the edge of the centre of Sh...Round where I live on the edge of the centre of Sheffield, the huge Park Square roundabout is densely forested in the middle and on banks rising up across the four lane carriageway towards the Park Hill Flats. Until a year or so ago, when concerted Neighbourhood watch action (involving police and community officers) cleared them out, a regularly reinforced group of homeless drug users lived in the bushes sloping down to the road. For several years everyone knew about them but no one was ever that bothered about it because they kept themselves to themselves. I once poked my head inside an opening in the bushes on the pathway running up to town and could clearly see tracks leading down to an encampment, with plastic bags and old clothing used as shelter. <br /><br />dannybrodurbbanjnanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13837964685499400833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-25772759455021037062009-10-09T23:40:18.969+01:002009-10-09T23:40:18.969+01:00In the darker, rural parts of the motorway network...In the darker, rural parts of the motorway network, employees of the Highways Agency occasionally discover vehicles that have careered unwitnessed off the motorway and down a wooded embankment in the wee small hours. The only evidence is perhaps skid marks or some tyre marks in the grass verge. Cars and passengers seldom win in a collision with trees, and these horrific scenes can remain undiscovered for hours (or sometimes days).StuartMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-30308928424939810642009-10-09T19:29:16.418+01:002009-10-09T19:29:16.418+01:00If you haven't already read it, then take a lo...If you haven't already read it, then take a look at 'Concrete Island' by JG Ballard; written in the mid 1970s, an architect crashes through the barrier on the newly built Westway and lives Robinson Crusoe existence, marooned just feet from busses speeding towards Heathrow. <br /><br />Adrian Woolrich-BurtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-73624722233154649472009-10-09T18:01:44.708+01:002009-10-09T18:01:44.708+01:00As a kid I always use to imagine you could living ...As a kid I always use to imagine you could living in the middle of big roundabouts the landscaped one with bushed and mounds looked great places to build dens.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-38106278158687442102009-10-09T15:59:37.467+01:002009-10-09T15:59:37.467+01:00Try a trip up the M40 and watch the bird life betw...Try a trip up the M40 and watch the bird life between junction 5 an 8. Red Kites have been reintroduced and are now prevelant in huge numbers. it's like vultures circling the SaharaSteve Lorimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905994085307042044noreply@blogger.com