Just got home... at 7:48 I was driving east on Route 8 just before it joins Route 101 and saw a car beside the road. A green van up ahead, also on the side, was backing towards it - eccentric behavior. I thought the green vanner must be going to help the car. Drove on 1.03 seconds and there's a wall of cars - something had happened and traffic was stopped. It started up after 5 minutes and was moving well - I thought the crisis had passed. It stopped again, and stayed stopped. I watched a gap up the hillside, and saw no cars cross it in about half an hour. Traffic edged forward as space opened when cars drove onto a cop turn-around in the median and headed north. When I reached the spot I did the same - headed north, exited on Mud Bay Road, then hit another jam there -- only a brief stop. I got to jin shin a bit late, but Frank knew about the traffic as Eileen (Mrs Jin Shin) had rung him. Left jin shin, went to groceterialise for a few minutes, then came home to the blinging lake. The day is clear and warm, but breezy - so it is very pretty.

Horrid news from London.