En Route

You never know what you will meet on the road, and it's why I leave a little extra time when travelling to the airport. Normally in Spain, the roads are very clear, but then today I was travelling at a different time than usual.

It is Wednesday, an odd day to fly in itself. But also the end of April, and tomorrow is a bank holiday (ok not in England, but it is in Spain and France). So there is lots more traffic on the road than usual.

Indeed, later in the day, the aircraft appeared to be particularly full too.

The view ahead

So what is this in the road? The big lorry in front has stopped and put his hazard warning lights on. And there are spires reaching to the sky ahead.

Whilst I am stationary I dare to snap a photo, but there are policemen all about so that's the only one. As you can see, the policeman on the left was unconcerned with me at the time.

After some traffic comes our way, it is our turn to pass the obstruction. The spires turn out to be part of a crane and there is a battered looking lorry-cab on the edge of the road. The event that precipitated the arrival of the crane is clearly long over. It's hot, and the police are interested only in moving the traffic.

I move passed- without taking a closeup!