Here's Your Sign

We enjoy traveling around England, getting to meet people and sharing the gospel and teaching about family history.  The Lord blesses us in so many ways.  

Along with those wonderful things, I like to have a little fun too.  I am fascinated with the English way of doing things, especially on the road.  In our travels, I entertain myself taking pictures, particularly road signs.  

Okay, lets head out of town.

When you enter the freeway, you need to pick your lane.  

(When we first got here, I was totally confused.  Now I actually know what A2, M11, and M25 are.)

Be aware, your are watched.

 

Don't forget:

Tail-gating? 

How far apart should you be?

 These chevrons:

 You can't pull off the road here.

This is so much more "musical sounding" than uneven pavement. 

 You may not know what this means at first.  Then you might guess "bumps ahead".  You'd be wrong.  There are "humps ahead."

I'm not really even sure what this means.

But I think you can avoid it.

 I need to ask someone what duel carriageway means.

Finally figured out this means divided highway ends.

 This is a strange junction.

Yes, there are McDonalds here.  I want you to notice the lower sign with the three hash marks.

 Here's the next one - with two.

 Now we're down to one.  That means the exit is coming right up.  They have these count-down hash signs at every freeway exit.

 Now you just have to know which lane you want.

 Sometimes knowing which lane you want gets tricky.  They can go this way:

Or this way:

 Which lane do you qualify for?  

Sometimes the lane ends.

I don't like getting stuck in traffic.  But I like this sign because I like the way "queues" is spelled.  

If you have car trouble:

There are some areas where this is offered.

 But not everywhere.

Garmin didn't know about this.  We were off "in the fields" for a while according to "him."

 We've been at this for a while.  Time to rest.

 I had to throw this in just because the name is so funny-odd.

Can you guess what this means?

 They don't have "yield" signs over here.

  I haven't yet figured out why there is a variable speed limit and who it applies to.

Thank goodness it ends . . .

. . . before we learn the hard way.  :)

This is why we need Garmin.  Is that a weird sign or what?

Gotta love England!