This ain’t no technological breakdown, this is the road to hell! Or it was this morning. My normal 15 minute commute turned into over an hour after the storm yesterday. It was pretty lively up here and I just managed to get back from anglesey on Wednesday hight before, they had just shut the Britannia bridge but the Menai stay open.
A tree had fallen on the Nany Y Garth hill, so I had to divert round it on the way home. This morning I thought that Gwynedd Council might have sorted it, but I think they had there hands full. So the road was closed. I had two options turn left to cearnarfon the way I got back last night or right to bangor. I opt to turn left. I got to the start of the Felinheli Bypass, and both the felinheli road and the bypass were shut. By the time I turned round the roads were near gridlocked.
Lots of crawling along at a snails pace and I eventually got to work about an hour and a half after I left. I guess we just aren’t used to hellish commutes up here. TRhe worse we get is a tractor in the road or some sheep making a bid for freedom!
The top photo was the telcos truck that parked up to block the road when I finally got to the bottom of Nant Y Garth.
Other than storm commutes, I have been working all week at the Conway Centre with kids from a school in the Lake District. A great week, lots of climbing wall sessions for me, but I have also been on the high ropes course for a bit of a change.