Saturday gridlock

it's like that every day at our local Tesco, particularly around the time the ferry arrives and departs, but I never ever look smug as I sail past all the pent-up petrolwasters on my bike, not me, no never ever!

We have a Tesco Extra, Argos Carphone whorehouse and Next all on the junction where we get off the A50 to get home.

Manic at weekends....

Aaaaargh. The out of town shopping centre? I hate retail parks with a passion. They should be banned from using the word park, with its connotations of health and recreation.

Then again, it quite accurately describes what the silly idiots in their stationary cars are doing as they block the traffic, queuing to get into the places.

Sorry. I ranted. I hope you escape.

We escaped in the end after watching various numpties attempt to negotiate their cars through gaps that even a 2 year old would breeze through. At one point I did actually measure the gap underneath our car to see if I could make an exit over the raised kerbing they have to a part of the car park that was pretty empty by comparison.

I think it took roughly 30 minutes to get out, which would serve as a reminder for why I never shop at teh weekends, unless it's an emergency.

what amazes me is that regular shoppers KNOW that this is what they're going to face, yet they still do it! It's just like banging your head against a brick wall - when you start to get pissed off, stop doing it!

Yep, couldn't agree more. We hardly ever go near the shops and SLG deliberately didn't come with us, as she really didn't want to have to sit through all that mess. Unfortunately new football boots were required as a growing stint over the two weeks off, had meant middle son's boots were too small.