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[bob.dent]

One of my friends has got a younger blonde girlfriend that's what you might call a bit "dizzy". Anyway, she decided she wanted to go to Watford (Herts) on a shopping trip and having no sense of direction printed herself of directions from the AA. Now Watford is only about 45 minutes from Hoddedon. A few hours later she phones my mate and says she's lost. Asking where she was she said she wasn't sure but said she was near Rugby!! Apparently there's a small village called Watford near Rugby. Laughing his head off, my mate told her she had selected the wrong Watford on the route planner and she needed to get back on the M1 and head back south. Anyway, she took a wrong turn and ended up heading north. She then phones my mate again to say she was still lost. On asking her where she was this time, she replied Alton Towers!!

She eventually got home having spent 10 hours on the road!!

BTW, no offence if there are any blonde ladies on the forum but you gotta laugh.  

[markey mark]

 

[psychnurse]

Exellent!!! I have been to the wrong newcastle! Went to upon tyne instead of under lyme!!! Easy done lol

[Marks DTM Calib]

Ah yes, Watford village (from where Watford gap services gets its name) know it well...........but Alton Towers!

Somebody needs a satnav!

[Vamps]

Ah yes, Watford village (from where Watford gap services gets its name) know it well...........but Alton Towers!

Somebody needs a satnav!

Thanks, I have always wondered why Watford Gap was so far away from Watford

[Marks DTM Calib]

Ah yes, Watford village (from where Watford gap services gets its name) know it well...........but Alton Towers!

Somebody needs a satnav!

Thanks, I have always wondered why Watford Gap was so far away from Watford

Lol......a common mistake, nice little place actually, got a big flight of stair case loacks as part of the grand union canal there.

[Vamps]

Ah yes, Watford village (from where Watford gap services gets its name) know it well...........but Alton Towers!

Somebody needs a satnav!

Thanks, I have always wondered why Watford Gap was so far away from Watford

Lol......a common mistake, nice little place actually, got a big flight of stair case loacks as part of the grand union canal there.

Is that where the Gap bit comes from then?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Ah yes, Watford village (from where Watford gap services gets its name) know it well...........but Alton Towers!

Somebody needs a satnav!

Thanks, I have always wondered why Watford Gap was so far away from Watford

Lol......a common mistake, nice little place actually, got a big flight of stair case loacks as part of the grand union canal there.

Is that where the Gap bit comes from then?

No it goes back much further than that to roman days.....its on the Watling Street and was reffered to as the gap because its actually a natural cutting through the Northampton uplands through which the roman road (A5), followed by the canal, then the railway and finally the M1 were built.

There you go, my contribution to todays pointless trivia

[Vamps]

Ah yes, Watford village (from where Watford gap services gets its name) know it well...........but Alton Towers!

Somebody needs a satnav!

 

Thanks, I have always wondered why Watford Gap was so far away from Watford

Lol......a common mistake, nice little place actually, got a big flight of stair case loacks as part of the grand union canal there.

Is that where the Gap bit comes from then?

No it goes back much further than that to roman days.....its on the Watling Street and was reffered to as the gap because its actually a natural cutting through the Northampton uplands through which the roman road (A5), followed by the canal, then the railway and finally the M1 were built.

There you go, my contribution to todays pointless trivia

[Debs.]

One of my friends has got a younger blonde girlfriend that's what you might call a bit "dizzy". Anyway, she decided she wanted to go to Watford (Herts) on a shopping trip and having no sense of direction printed herself of directions from the AA. Now Watford is only about 45 minutes from Hoddedon. A few hours later she phones my mate and says she's lost. Asking where she was she said she wasn't sure but said she was near Rugby!! Apparently there's a small village called Watford near Rugby. Laughing his head off, my mate told her she had selected the wrong Watford on the route planner and she needed to get back on the M1 and head back south. Anyway, she took a wrong turn and ended up heading north. She then phones my mate again to say she was still lost. On asking her where she was this time, she replied Alton Towers!!

She eventually got home having spent 10 hours on the road!!

BTW, no offence if there are any blonde ladies on the forum but you gotta laugh.  

Jus`me!

[Marks DTM Calib]

Ah yes, Watford village (from where Watford gap services gets its name) know it well...........but Alton Towers!

Somebody needs a satnav!

 

Thanks, I have always wondered why Watford Gap was so far away from Watford

Lol......a common mistake, nice little place actually, got a big flight of stair case loacks as part of the grand union canal there.

Is that where the Gap bit comes from then?

No it goes back much further than that to roman days.....its on the Watling Street and was reffered to as the gap because its actually a natural cutting through the Northampton uplands through which the roman road (A5), followed by the canal, then the railway and finally the M1 were built.

There you go, my contribution to todays pointless trivia

If you go to here:

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/

And click on 'I want to get a map now' then enter the folliwng in the search:

SP596680 (Uk grid reference)

You will see the 'gap' shown by the grid lines...

[HolyCount]

One of my friends has got a younger blonde girlfriend that's what you might call a bit "dizzy". Anyway, she decided she wanted to go to Watford (Herts) on a shopping trip and having no sense of direction printed herself of directions from the AA. Now Watford is only about 45 minutes from Hoddedon. A few hours later she phones my mate and says she's lost. Asking where she was she said she wasn't sure but said she was near Rugby!! Apparently there's a small village called Watford near Rugby. Laughing his head off, my mate told her she had selected the wrong Watford on the route planner and she needed to get back on the M1 and head back south. Anyway, she took a wrong turn and ended up heading north. She then phones my mate again to say she was still lost. On asking her where she was this time, she replied Alton Towers!!

She eventually got home having spent 10 hours on the road!!

BTW, no offence if there are any blonde ladies on the forum but you gotta laugh.  

Jus`me!

...but hardly "dumb" !

[albitz]

a blonde girl(sorry debs)who worked in the transport office where i worked,one day asked the question "which way round does the m25 go?" .....10 years later she still hadnt lived it down.

[TheBoy]

Yup, Watford Gap so called as its a low area (Gap) between higher areas of land, near a small place called Watford that was on Watling Street (old Roman road from London to North Wales).  Canal and railway also came through later as neither of those deal too well with hills.


As to whoever suggested satnav - like the aa route planner, only as good as the muppet pressing the buttons  

[Debs.]

a blonde girl(sorry debs)who worked in the transport office where i worked,one day asked the question "which way round does the m25 go?" .....10 years later she still hadnt lived it down.

  Jeesh; `talk about letting the side down!