please empty your brain below

Nice article this - not too far from your old stamping ground - walked across junction 6a earlier this year - you can seem miles away from anything within minutes - I saw only one other person on this walk on one of the bridges having his lunch!

Really great article, thanks - not only interesting as a former Garstonite (who had forgotten all about The Old Fox - sorry to hear that it's been having, er, rabble control issues), but in totally appealing to the fascination with motorways in London.

I hadn't realised that junction 5 was the start of the M1 back in the day...

Classic DG - good stuff.

Those extra tall arrows on the road are distored so that their proportions apprear normal when viewed from the perspective of a seat in a car. Anamorphosis is the name, and some rather impressive examples can be found here:

http://www.anamorphosis.com/vaux...m/
vauxhall.html


Great stuff. You really bring hidden areas of London to life

Great post, yet again. I don't often travel into London on the M1, so it's good to read about what I've been missing by taking the train instead.

As a mere tot I used to stand on a footbridge over the M1 at Apex Corner watching the (relatively few!) cars go by, and the occasional Midlands bound train too!

Never did venture into "The North" much beyone Watford though!

brilliant post... informative and entertaining... plus some great photos...

Just wanted to say thanks for linking to my blog. Thought it was long forgotten about. Much love from a long time reader.

Brilliant. I grew up in Bricket Wood, within sight of the M1, but moved before the M25 was built. There is truly is some pretty countryside round there - overlooked and forgotten. If the wood you went through to get to the M25 is where I think it is, then in the spring it is a mass of bluebells. Or rather it used to be. This post has made me feel sad and nostalgic for what's been lost.











TridentScan | Privacy Policy