Well, that was lucky...

198 miles in three hours. And when I parked up at the end I found that
some time in the last 140 miles (i.e. since I filled up) one of the
panniers had come adrift at the top, and was only hanging on by the
slide-on bottom mounting.

Could have been a touch expensive, that.

 

Indeed. Check 'em next time, eh?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip

Ooh arr. Thing is, I *thought* I'd checked them this time. Ah well, I
lived and didn't distribute my shreddies along the M6 so it's all good,
eh?

 

I have no doubt that the M6 is profoundly grateful. I expect they
would have been the "ready-to-be-laundered" shreddies ... ?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip

"Past their launder-by date".

 

...and so much of them too.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, sweller

Indeed. It was probably only the sheer weight of them that kept the
pannier in place.

 

You might have noticed that you were losing them by the parachute
effect they were causing

Phil

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Good grief. They'd have had to close the M6, and get a fleet of fire
engines to the scene, with full chemical clean up capability.