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@BrickMan
Best: the first bit, leafy west end streets, cobbles and barely anything else other than me moving.
Worst: the rest of it. Bad junctions, school run parents desperate to race the 200 yards in their Maserati from their front door to the school (not even shitting you, 200 yards), dodgy 4 way intersections with main roads/motorways with fast light changes, potholes regularly over 6" deep and RLJ taxi's from all angles.
Absolute worst, the last 4 way junction before work, there is no 'legal' way around it, you either jump the red at the change, jump during the pedestrian's green light, or have to sit/trackstand in centre of road with 40mph traffic either way that merge's (both ways) from 2>1 lane, so drivers are 100% focussed on argueing with each other and not the guy stood/trackstand bosse in centre of road*
*This junction I RLJ/pedestrian green jump almost every day as it is pure death.