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For those awaiting the return of loved ones travelling in and around NORTH LONDON......

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 13/11/2006 19:16

The traffic is truly awful.

The M25 is closed between J23 (south mimms) and J27 (M11/stanstead). The tailbacks are as far back as J21 and J28 - this is in BOTH directions.

There has also been a stabbing (a young mum outside a school apparently ) in Enfield Town and so all the traffic around there is utterly gridlocked - ie near enough standstill - and the drivers diverting inwards because the M25 is closed is making it worse.

You probably know this already, but just in case....

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fruitful · 13/11/2006 19:19

Oh good grief you scared me! I haven't had the news on at all today; thought you were going to say there had been another tube bomb!

alexa1 · 13/11/2006 19:19

That's awful about the young mum being stabbed. Glad I am not stuck in that traffic, would set my panic attacks off.

FioFio · 13/11/2006 19:20

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southeastastra · 13/11/2006 19:21

it took my ages to get home tonight so surrounding roads are also jammed (a41)

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 13/11/2006 19:22

Sorry - hadnt thought of it from that POV.....didnt meant to scare...

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ComeOVeneer · 13/11/2006 19:22

OMG VVV I thought you were going to say something about the Northern line. My heart was in my mouth as I haven't been able to get hold of dh this evening.

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 13/11/2006 19:24

sorry

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HappyMumof2 · 13/11/2006 19:49

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ComeOVeneer · 13/11/2006 19:53

Shame poor QV must be feeling rather rotten now. She thought she could be doing people a favour and look how it has backfired .

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 13/11/2006 20:01

I wouldnt say it had backfired as such.......

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mckenzie · 14/11/2006 14:48

what's that about a stabbing VeniVidiVickiQV? I live near there but hadn't heard anything. I thought the hideous traffic was because of the M25 accident.

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 14/11/2006 20:57

All i know is that a young mum was stabbed, she is in a critical condition and they think it was her estranged husband. Very sad.

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melsy · 14/11/2006 21:07

OHMYGAWD thats awful , I also caught a fright seeing this this evening, as dh is in central London right now. I live near chase Farm and got caught in it all picking up dd from nursury, I thought may be the M25 had shut as all the HGVs were right the way down the ridgeway , but it just seemed mad everywere. On thew way back coming up ferny hill a driver on the oncoming side said dont go anywere near enfeld , little did I know some horrible horrible stabbing was going on. What school I wonder, I cant think, Southbury rd may be ???

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 14/11/2006 21:43

OMG I work just off the ridgeway! Didnt realise I was so close to an MNer

I'm at work atm so I am probably only a few hundred yards away from you right now

The school was Chesterfield or something beginning with Ch...

A primary school. In front of the children....

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mckenzie · 14/11/2006 22:14

Chesterfield Road school is in Enfield Lock, quite close to the train station.
We three are all quite close to each other it seems VeniVidiVickiQV and Melsy - I live off Slades Hill.
What school do your children go to?

melsy · 14/11/2006 22:44

How awful that kids saw it. I dont really know E field LocK that well.

Ohhh how spooky that we are so close , Im up and down slades hill every day mckenzie as dd1 goes to a nursury in cockfosters. I live 3/4 mile round from Chase Farm hospital VVVQV. Youre ay work late , what do you do ?

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 15/11/2006 10:53

Oh gosh i know where that is! So sad...and so CLOSE!

I live just off the A10 and Carterhatch. DD goes to a pre-school in Forty Hill area. But I work just between the Ridgeway and Slades Hill!

Didnt know there were MNers that close! How old are our children, Melsy and McKenzie?

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melsy · 15/11/2006 14:16

Hi VVQV , I think we may have spoken on st albans meet up thread. Dd1 is 3.3 and dd2 is 13 weeks.

What is it with this area , I found out today that a man murdered his wife in our road last Wednesday. They had made a suicide pact but he murdered her in the end .

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 15/11/2006 16:29

Oh FGS....

Our DD's are a v similar age. DD is 3.7 yrs and DS is 19 mths.

Today's traffic update is....temporary traffic lights at the top of Lavender Hill (between Gordon Hill and Holtwhites Hill).

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melsy · 15/11/2006 16:41

lol at local traffic report. Is soo bloody annoying as I live just off of lavender hill near the shops . What a PITA for nursery run.

We will have to meet for sure now!!!!

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 15/11/2006 17:18

That'd be lovely! CAT me or I will CAT you when I get home...(am at work again...)

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Judy1234 · 15/11/2006 17:58

Most murders are by family members. It's not youths on trains after dark we need to fear but our husbands and wives, sadly.

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 15/11/2006 18:00

Absolutely Xenia. Probably not best to get me started on this whole subject. Again

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mckenzie · 15/11/2006 20:01

just seen the report of the stabbing in the local paper. Luckily it seems the lady concerned wasn't badly injured. Horrible though isn't it for everyone concerned.
My children are 5 and a half and 20 months VeniVidiVickiQV. DS is at Merryhills. It's funny to think that we could have met without realising isn't it?

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 15/11/2006 20:51

Oh i know merryhills! I used to drive past there everyday when DD was at the nursery in highlands...will CAT you as well if thats okay?

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