Speed, Greed and the M25
James May uncovers the secret history of the M25 Road Race.
Go to the Radio 4 Webpage and click on this to Listen Again. Nice bit of proper James May.
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I was a bit concerned that he would be glorifying racing on public roads, but he didn't. It was pretty good IMO, and a nice bit of social history, taking me back to the 80's, yuppies, bankers, and easy money. (No easy money for me sadly.) Both May and Clarkson can be very good journalists when they put their minds to it. The extracts from May's new book in the Saturday Torygraph were remarkably good too. Anyone read his book?
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Can someone tell me if I remember this properly?
At one time, South Mimms was the only services on the M25. I vaguely recall that there was a sign shortly after leaving SM saying, "Services xxx miles" (can't remember the number) - which was actually for South Mimms again, going all the way round the M25!
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James sort of mentions that
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M25 trivia - it was the first motorway to ring a city but only because of political manoeuvring - the final piece of M42, ringing Birmingham with M5 and M6 was constructed first but delayed in it's opening to allow construction and opening of M25 sections.
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