Motorways, nature and art
Tuesdays are my day in the office. My journey takes me from South-East London to Folkestone along the M20. It is about as direct a route as you can get and a good journey - unless the motorway is closed, which it was on this particular morning. Operation Brock was being put into place to help park lorries on their way to France. It was 5:30am and I faced a decision. Return home, take an alternative route, or, as I was already planning to run before work, go for a run. Guess which option I went for...? Parking up in Chislehurst I set off into Scadbury Woods. I've run there before and know the route well. It is a 2 mile circular route along trails with woodland, a moated house, horses and bears. Carved bears. A series of them are scattered throughout the wood and across Chislehurst. Once I had completed a lap I headed down the main road past the nose to tail traffic heading into London, across the bridge over the A20 and into Sidcup. I was heading for Bexley where there was a Winter ...
