Cause to flee south?

Byline: By Denise Robertson

Ever since they announced that northerners are doomed to die sooner than southerners Him Indoors has been packing the cart and surfing the internet to find which roads south are still clear.

He reckons we can make the Watford Gap Watford Gap and the small village of Watford in Northamptonshire, is the traditional crossing point on the old east-west coaching route across England. Here, a natural gap in the hills affords the easiest route between the Midlands and South East England, as well as linking by nightfall unless they are blocked by surging hordes Hordes may refer to:

Social and military structures of nomadic Turkic peoples in the Middle Ages; see:
Golden Horde
Tatar invasions
The miniature war game HORDES

See also . Not sure whether he means hordes of northerners fleeing south in search of a few extra years or hordes of southerners trying to keep them out. He says he'll explain later.

Meanwhile, the man next door is still washing his car and I can hear Radio Two on down the street. Do you think they've heard?

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Publication:	The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Date:	Oct 17, 2006
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