randombloke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Let's see: left Covent Garden at 16.40. Train from > Charing Cross to London Bridge took 20 mins > stopping outside Waterloo East for 10 minutes due > to points failure. London Bridge station a total > scrum. Gave up and went for a meal near Borough > Market. No trains at London Bridge at 19:00 so > waited for a No 40 bus on the bridge, none > forthcoming so got a 133 to Elephant and Castle. > Waited at Elephant and Castle for a 176 for 20 > mins, one No 12 bus came along and 6 people out of > about 500 got on. Went to taxi firm, 1 hour wait > at least, flagged a cab which took us up Walworth > Rd. Total nightmare up there, round the back roads > and got stuck on Camberwell Grove at Grove Hill > Rd. Got out of cab after 45 mins ?35 worse off, > walked to car parked at Quorn Rd down Dog Kennel > Hill which was like an ice rink. Got stuck at > Goose Green Roundabout and eventually dodged > several buses strewn along Underhill Rd unlike the > guy who cut me up then drove straight into the > back of one of them..serves him right! > Couldn't get up Overhill Road as it was blocked by > police cones and like the North Face of the Eiger > anyway. Finally walked through the door at 10.10 > after messing about parking the car. There was ONE > gritter on Lordship Lane spraying about as much > grit as you would find inside an oyster. Feeble. > Nobody forecast this in a cold snap with frozen > snow on the pavements and sub-zero temperatures, > it's clearly rocket science. So if it took you 3 > hours and you think that's a record - think again. > Try harder. Can't wait for 2012 when we will > become the laughing stock of 3rd world nations. > Then again the good news was that you weren't in > immediate danger from homicidal cyclists riding on > the pavements and yelling abuse at you when you > get in their way. > In fairness it will have been a nightmare for > anyone who has the misfortune to work for TFL but > after it happening in February there really is no > excuse for the lack of foresight. I'm on Friern Road and travelled from Borough High street starting my journey at 17:00, walked in my door at 10:15 travelling much of the same route as you. got to work this morning and people who live in Bromley and Kent got home before we did...