On the 12th of February (I know, it's a while back!) the main B road at the top of Goldhanger was closed to traffic for road works. This meant that all the traffic normally going along that road had to come past our house, through the village and rejoin the main road.
It was quite a shock.
After living in Brighton where traffic is a constant aural backdrop to almost every road in the city, the delicious quietness here has been a joy. This invasion of diverted traffic was a real shock with cars speeding down our small road at crazy speeds, traffic jams of 5 or 6 vehicles trying to get around parked cars and large lorries squeezing past brushing the trees.
It's a reminder of what those who live in cities have to accommodate every day.
