Dartford Tunnel
About Dartford Tunnel
The Dartford–Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent in the south and Thurrock in Essex in the north.
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There was a traffic jam in the Dartford Tunnel in 2006, where a lorry driver hit a ventilation fan because he wasn't in the right part of the lane. That is known by motoring organizations as the Pratt.
from No Such Thing As A Didgeridoo in a Bar, 2020-09-25 at 00:38:38 · read transcript
Other times Dartford Tunnel came up
People had heard Andy's joke about the shit hitting the fan in the Dartford Tunnel. August 1991, there was a cricket match on, and Ian Botham had leapt over the wickets and he caught the bales and they went off and he was out. It led to Jonathan Agnew, Agra's, saying what has become one of the great cricket commentary moments of he couldn't get his leg over.
340: No Such Thing As A Didgeridoo in a Bar, 2020-09-25 · listen
There are lots of signs everywhere telling you how to pay it, but yeah. We are going to have this debate later. There are not. Anyway, good story about cricket, Dan, because I've been waiting to get this complaint about the Dartford tunnel in for like two minutes. Finally, I've had the chance. For international listeners, by the way, the Lego thing is sexual innuendo in Britain.
No Such Thing As A Didgeridoo in a Bar, 2020-09-25 · listen
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