Very much all in there with you. Occasionally some of us gain a modicum of wisdom with age=experience. It was once a must, although it came with a lot of sclerotised thought. Today the trend seems to avoid growing up as much as possible.
And very, very much so for #2, even though you made me reach for the OED with 'county roads' (we across the Pond do not call them that... they are country roads, or a County's roads, and in general local roads or even lanes. In the case of Ireland, the worst of all, even in daylight, are boreens -- if you bike on some at twilight, you better be a good Catholic and have a Saint watching over you, preferably Christopher) until I recalled that we also call the third-grade road 'county road' in Canada, and then line, which I suspect descends somewhat from lane.
Never drive on secondary roads in Wales either after sunset or in the rain or snow. Nor in Scotland. Nor in most of the really beautiful, picturesque parts of rural England. We maintain them as traps for foreigners, since highwaymen became frowned upon. You end up in the ditch and one way or the other your wallet gets lighter, be it only by breakdown lorry fees.
Actually -- I meant to type "country roads", but I'm quite prone to typos. Never been to Wales, but we spent six months on Dublin. Loved the pubs and the incredible countryside scenery and the friendly people we met in pubs and the music -- but driving anywhere off the main roads took years off our lives. Cheers!
Cheers! In Canada, it seems every secondary road below Regional road is a county road it seems... so I supposed it to be a naming scheme of this Continent :)
Very much all in there with you. Occasionally some of us gain a modicum of wisdom with age=experience. It was once a must, although it came with a lot of sclerotised thought. Today the trend seems to avoid growing up as much as possible.
And very, very much so for #2, even though you made me reach for the OED with 'county roads' (we across the Pond do not call them that... they are country roads, or a County's roads, and in general local roads or even lanes. In the case of Ireland, the worst of all, even in daylight, are boreens -- if you bike on some at twilight, you better be a good Catholic and have a Saint watching over you, preferably Christopher) until I recalled that we also call the third-grade road 'county road' in Canada, and then line, which I suspect descends somewhat from lane.
Never drive on secondary roads in Wales either after sunset or in the rain or snow. Nor in Scotland. Nor in most of the really beautiful, picturesque parts of rural England. We maintain them as traps for foreigners, since highwaymen became frowned upon. You end up in the ditch and one way or the other your wallet gets lighter, be it only by breakdown lorry fees.
Actually -- I meant to type "country roads", but I'm quite prone to typos. Never been to Wales, but we spent six months on Dublin. Loved the pubs and the incredible countryside scenery and the friendly people we met in pubs and the music -- but driving anywhere off the main roads took years off our lives. Cheers!
Cheers! In Canada, it seems every secondary road below Regional road is a county road it seems... so I supposed it to be a naming scheme of this Continent :)