Did anyone else see the Netball/basketball goal post on the A43 yesterday? It was lying beside the road north of the M40 before Brackley.
Now how on earth do you lose something like that? It must be 9’ tall, and was complete, with base, backboard and basket. Surely, if it fell from the back of a truck, you would notice it bouncing down the road behind you? It was made of strong stuff, as it appeared to be in one piece still Was it on it’s way to the olympic stadium? Is there now some international Netball final between England and Bulgaria waiting to kick off? (if thats what they do)
Maybe it was a bit of fly tipping, but it was not near a layby, and if you are going to dump stuff on the side of a dual carriageway, directly opposite the U.S military secret listening post is prehaps not the most inconspicuous place. I remember breaking down there once, and stopping on the entrance slip road, within 2 minutes i had 3 U.S military police vehicles surrounding me, although, once they found out the erason for my stopping, they did contact the RAC for me!
On a different note, I went along the A5 from towcester towards Weedon, and there, on a garage forecourt, was a wonderful old ford Capri. I don’t mean the delboy “capri Ghia” type, or the 2.8 injection boy racer, i mean the original 1960,s Ford Consul Capri. it was a lovely turqouise colour with brillient white roof, and lovely shining chrome bumpers and door handles etc, really looked great.
A few weeks back at Junction 18 of the M62 on the flyover I saw several large concrete slabs, the like for sectional builds, complete with brackets
I didn’t see the truck which must of lost them, and I was there within a few minutes from them coming off the trailer, didn’t see no news about it ■■ But how the hell can you loose all that weight and not know? Lucky no one was hurt and by the lack of vehicles damaged, the drive would be so lucky
early last week i saw a fella playing the bag pipes at the side of the motoway 
M40 if i remember right
bowser:
early last week i saw a fella playing the bag pipes at the side of the motowayM40 if i remember right
I reckon I saw him too about a month ago. M42 around j5, there’s a back road just the other side of the hard shoulder and there he was wrestling with these bloody pipes. Probably plays there for his own safety from the missus/neighbour/cat
DaiDap:
bowser:
early last week i saw a fella playing the bag pipes at the side of the motowayM40 if i remember right
I reckon I saw him too about a month ago. M42 around j5, there’s a back road just the other side of the hard shoulder and there he was wrestling with these bloody pipes. Probably plays there for his own safety from the missus/neighbour/cat
thank god for that i thought i was going mad … 
About 2 weeks ago I spotted an Asian man cycling on the M5 near Avonmouth, but looking at his clothes and bike quickly as I passed I would say he was a seaman off one of the ships in the docks.
truckerjon:
Did anyone else see the Netball/basketball goal post on the A43 yesterday? It was lying beside the road north of the M40 before Brackley.
Now how on earth do you lose something like that? It must be 9’ tall, and was complete, with base, backboard and basket. Surely, if it fell from the back of a truck, you would notice it bouncing down the road behind you? It was made of strong stuff, as it appeared to be in one piece still Was it on it’s way to the olympic stadium? Is there now some international Netball final between England and Bulgaria waiting to kick off? (if thats what they do)
Maybe it was a bit of fly tipping, but it was not near a layby, and if you are going to dump stuff on the side of a dual carriageway, directly opposite the U.S military secret listening post is prehaps not the most inconspicuous place. I remember breaking down there once, and stopping on the entrance slip road, within 2 minutes i had 3 U.S military police vehicles surrounding me, although, once they found out the erason for my stopping, they did contact the RAC for me!
On a different note, I went along the A5 from towcester towards Weedon, and there, on a garage forecourt, was a wonderful old ford Capri. I don’t mean the delboy “capri Ghia” type, or the 2.8 injection boy racer, i mean the original 1960,s Ford Consul Capri. it was a lovely turqouise colour with brillient white roof, and lovely shining chrome bumpers and door handles etc, really looked great.
I’d better get my arse out and see if it’s still there…little un’s birthday soon
Sorry, it was gone by the time I came back around 7pm
Heading up the M6 one night and traffic came to a standstill at j7 so peeled off at j8 to divert & rejoin at j10…got to where the two carriageways join and on the hard shoulder was a canoe! Seen several aluminium ladders dotted around, and it always seems to be around the West Mids (M42 & M6)
Heading back along the 63 into Dull yesterday afternoon, I spotted someone on one of the footbridges. As they were moving about, I tensed up a bit, fearing the worst. As I got nearer, it turned out to be mother with her youngster in her arms waving at passing traffic. I gave them a wave and a quick toot from the pathetically weak tooter on the 18 ton DAF I was in but what I’d missed was the Dutch artic’ stuck up my chuff who promptly let loose with airhorns of behemothic proportions
I’m not sure who enjoyed it more, me or the young 'un 
Seen a couple of suitcases spewing their contents across a motorway and a huge roll of carpet in lane 2 (police caught up with the vehicle about 40 miles further on). Run over a ladder and killed 3 owls. Got mooned in Worthing. Saw a freaky female figure standing in the road in Lewes in the fog at night just staring blankly.
Strangest sight I saw was a huge black bloke with stubble and tats in a white wedding dress and heels in Eastbourne in broad daylight waiting to cross the road at a pedestrian crossing. I stopped and let him cross as per highway code. He nodded thanks and carried on.
I got passed by a bunch of filthy rich arabs in france a few years back, i notced an enzo, a veyron and a 599 ffx aswell that took off at great speed once they went passed me lol
It’s easy to loose stuff from the back of a truck, I see it every day, if it was some amature moving house or something it could have fallen off without them seeing because half the idiots out there don’t check the mirrors.
In the past I have run over or narrowly missed these objects on the road, half a dozen TV’s, several microwave ovens, a whole sink unit, about 10 ladders, countless couches and beds etc, dive shafts ■■? (how does anyone loose a drive shaft and keep going ?), truck sheets, ropes, corner boards and one dead body which I am very glad to say I avoided hitting.
Early one morning i saw a wagon and drag at trerulfoot r/about, well … i saw the drag in the middle of said r/about !!! Couple of mins. later saw wagon slowly heading towards r/about as if he were looking for something ■■
Pat Hasler:
and one dead body which I am very glad to say I avoided hitting.
Probably best not to mention that on a forum where your IP is logged and you are entirely traceable. Fellah on these forums admitted running over a corpse in Russia a while back. Not seen or heard from him since. Just saying.
Saw a dead bear at the side of the road in russia. Couldnt believe it until the next 5 lorrys all confirmed it
Saw a dead horse by the side of the road in Turkey en route to Ankara. Right outside a restaurant with folks eating outdoors too 
Had a 3 seater sofa drop off a skip wagon in front of me on the M5 J3 nearly a brown trouser job
anybody else seen the bloke dressed up as the roman soldier on the A167 between ferryhill and spennymoor. he is there nearly every monday morning either just stood there or walking backwards and forwards up the road.
i saw what i thought was a human leg on the hard shoulder a few years back, then i thought “you’re at it again, stop thinking these things”. then i heard later that the motorway had been shut while the police searched for body parts.
i was once working for night and day transport “as we called it”, and i thought someone was washing my passenger window, but that was just a sign telling me to get some kip. [zb]ing nearly crapped myself.