A Giant Load on the A140, Yaxley, Suffolk - 22nd October 2023

There's much excitement as news of a giant oversized load making its way from Ipswich Docks to the new gas power station on Eye Airfield appears on local Facetwit pages. As it's nearly time to go on holiday, we're not doing much so decide to drive over to the A140 near Yaxley and hang around on the roundabout. As usual, the predicted time of appearance is somewhat optimistic, and we're there over an hour before it appears, but it's interesting enough seeing something with about 100 wheels trundle around with something very large on it.

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Isobel and Harry stand on a traffic island

Some dude hangs off a road-closure sign

Gaz appears on his bike, and joins us for a bit

Isobel and Gaz look down the A140

The village waits as nothing is still happening

Harry perches on a crash barrier

Gaz is on his phone

The moon in a paper sky

The rozzers reinforce the closure

There's a ripple of excitement as stuff happens

There's a good view from the roundabout

The police have reinforcements

The oversized load finally appears

The main long load takes the wrong side of the road

Negotiating the roundabout at Yaxley

A 96-wheel bogey

The long load moves off the roundabout

The power station generator heads off to the airfield

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