Tiny road closure

One day the neighbour approached me, saying that a man from Scottish Power had been in our street, and told him there was some work outside the little electricity building in our street that needed doing. That means they would have to close the road. Later he told me when it would start. I didn't receive any communications from them myself. It wouldn't have been difficult to throw a note through the letterbox! But thanks to my neighbour I was informed anyway. And I made sure my car was parked elsewhere when the work was about to start.

They didn't dig up the entire road; not even half of it. That was fortunate for the owner of a black car that has been parked on the wrong side of the road closure when it started. We didn't know who it belong to. But it could clearly get out. And also back in.

Small black car blocked in? No! 

You would almost think that the roadworks were without consequence, but then you would have not taken other humans into consideration. Soon there was a big van parked right next to the hole in the tarmac! So that meant that anyone parked on our street could not get out. Aren't people lovely. They could just have parked the van beyond the hole in the road.

Small black car blocked in? Now it is…

Later a big HGV appeared, to fill the hole back in. The work was done! I had just been for a little run and had to squeeze past. But the men working it were polite and not only let me through, but also let me through in the other direction with my bike. And when I got home the road was impeccable again!

Altogether a very unspectacular story. But it was nice that they got the work done quickly. And let's not pretend inconsiderate parking is unusual in our neck of the woods! And is also emphasises the benefits of having a good neighbour…