24th July Family enjoy weekend break on M20


Having not managed to get away at all during the past two years due to the Covid pandemic, the Braithwaite family from Nottingham were really looking forward to their long weekend away at Euro Disney. 

Instead they spent their 72hr bargain break inching imperceptibly slowly at the speed of a glacier along the M20, whilst the almost continuous use of their cars AC produced an equivalent Carbon footprint to what would have been geneated if they had flown to Jamaica.

Speaking to Grace Under Pressure's very own roadside assistant, mother of three, Matha Braithwaite tried to look on the brightside

"We've met all sorts of lovely people, some of them not even in tears or threatening to kill the fellow passangers in their vehicle. The kids have caught up on the back log of DVD's we always carry in the car, but which they never watch. We even revisited my childhood with a game of I spy which helped to while away an hour or two, athough we did have to ban use of the letters C and L after a while.(car, caravan and lorry)."

"Barry enjoyed a game of cricket on the outside lane and my eldest daughter Bianca met a lovely truck driver from the Netherlands who explained how to complete all the relevant post Brexit paperwork should she ever wish to import a container full of agricultural machinery. Not something they teach you at school so that's been a bonus."

"But I must admit I think we might reconsider our holiday plans and fly next year as at least we would be able to grab breakfast in the airports Wetherspoons and maybe meet that nice Jeremy from the tellie." 


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