The Anonymous Widower

Chaos In Trafalgar Square

 I left the National Gallery and walked down the side of the square to the Trafalgar Studios to get details on Shirley Valentine.

According to another bus stop, from outside the theatre, i should have been able to get a bus to King’s Cross for the train home.  But works in Whitehall meant that the bus stops had been suspended.  So I walked towards Parliament Square to find a bus to take me somewhere in the right direction.

Five minutes later, I found a 24, which would take me to either Leicester Square or Warren Street.

I boarded and then spent forty-five minutes stuck in a traffic jam caused because car drivers couldn’t turn up the Strand or use the bus lanes because of road works.  So they just illegally parked or blocked the buses instead of retreating south down Whitehall. The chaos wasn’t helped by all of the tour buses trying to do similar things.  So we just sat and waited and fried. A lady in a burqa told me she might faint, but luckily we limped to Leicester Square and we all got out safely.

July 25, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Buses, London, Plays