Blessed A303

[ordessa]

..so what is it with drivers going Westbound on the A303 past Stonehenge...?
It hasnt moved in 1000s of years - so why the HE*L do I have to sit behind you all at stop/start/5mph for the visible part of the road....EVERYTIME!

Rant over:!

 

[whitenemesis]

Driver in front of me managed to drive off the road almost into the ditch while craning to see the stones!
As you say, every time it's the same ...

 

[Doodle]

It's a Wiltshire thing, lots of ancient monuments for people to gawp it. They do exactly the same at Avebury, Kennet Long Barrow & Silbury Hill, dawdling gormlessly, wandering across the road or stopping in the middle to try and find a parking space.

Both KLB and SH are on NSL stretches of the A4, and the latter is situated next to a blind mid-corner crest which certainly adds a frisson of excitement to proceedings.

 

[st13phil]

Forget the monument gawping, why's there always a tin tent on its side blocking half the A303 every weekend during the summer?

 

[John]

I was under the impression a tunnel was to be built underneath to assist traffic meaning tourists can use the road above ground to get closer.

 

[renault12ts]

I was under the impression a tunnel was to be built underneath to assist traffic meaning tourists can use the road above ground to get closer.

I think the tunnel was so they could do away with the road so close to the stones.

 

[fabes]

Yep, a pile of rubble and people always slow down - ITS GOING NOWHERE!
(stuck there after leaving Thruxton a few weeks back)

 

[John]

I think the tunnel was so they could do away with the road so close to the stones.

They'll have to make some provision for visitors I would have thought.

Maybe that will be further away and they will have to walk further.

 

[BMF]

I quite often drive through there, east bound never been much of a problem (might be the time of day) but west bound just at the top of the hill where it drops from 2 lane dual carriage to single lane can be a bit thick and creamy at times, probably has more to do with people not merging in turn than the monument.