I did a journey straight through the centre of London last night, it usually takes an hour or more, last night it was 45 mins. Why? Because half the roads had been closed all day (a demonstration at Hyde Park down the Embankment) and the other half were being dug up.... And it took longer to do the last mile yesterday afternoon, than it did to do the first 7. I work in the centre of London, it's 8 miles door to door, yet it takes me twice as long to do the first 2 miles than the last 6.... that's the bus system for you. Only in the school holidays does it take less time. I've done it in 40 minutes before now, but it was 6.00am on a school holiday.....

LTS