If there is one thing I should learn is that there is a lot of valuable information on Twitter, not only from people like @Pigspotter, with his updates about the traffic police, but more importantly, where there are accidents. A number of other people on Twitter give information as to various routes and congestion or robots that are out of order.

On a few occasions, when I have been caught in a traffic jam, I have realised that I really should have had a look at Twitter first before beginning my journey as in almost all instances there was already information indicating that that road was slow or had problems – and usually before there is any mention of it on radio stations. Of course, after the rain, there is always a lot more chaos to start with.