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  • My local butcher in Coventry liked to tell me that whole roads were condemned by the Council as "bomb damaged", so they could pull them down instead of repairing the medieval buildings in order to build the ringroad!

    Bob Ainsworth - A sign of desperation by the government Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • Worse even than that idea, Buckingham has a kind of half-ringroad, which bypasses the town centre and takes traffic coming from the M1 direction into the M40 direction.

    Country Air « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006

  • It feels fairly hardcore what with starting off in a steepish cycle ride up Morrell Avenue and then on, getting second wind, past the various hospitals such as the Churchill and the Nuffield, across the crossroads which takes you over the ringroad and then oh my let's walk the bikes from here due to steepness.

    Ooh, very nice weekend, but did I say relaxing? jinty 2007

  • As a mere man I wouldn't dare compete with Ms R on the multi-tasking thing although I have been known to assist a woman to orgasm whilst negotiating the intricacies of the inner ringroad.

    Multi-task madness Ms Robinson 2007

  • From there on, we had nothing remarkable until we reached Varmahlið, where we detoured about 5km off the ringroad to head up to

    Krafla, Mývatn and Glaumbær maryrobinette 2006

  • It's not particularly a beauty spot, but I love the fact you can walk quietly and peacefully from the Oxford ringroad right to near my house, in the green and calm of a hidden way.

    Bristol and back, with extras badasstronaut 2006

  • To be honest, Elle, you probably know as much about it as I do… Paris is cut off from its suburbs by a huge ringroad, and I never venture out there.

    sharing 2005

  • A trip round the Oxford ringroad is not very exciting but does the job well enough as far as it goes; and it's more exciting if you promise yourself a wee treat of leering at consumer electronics while not buying anything, no, no siree bob, honest.

    Daft assumptions jinty 2004

  • Protesters also blocked a ringroad in two districts of the Nile Delta province of Qalubiya, burning tyres and stoning cars, MENA reported.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Sue and Chris Glazier passed their first night together as a married couple circling the capital on the dreaded ringroad after winning a "mystery" wedding reception in a local radio competition.

    Evening Standard - Home Michael Howie 2011

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