02-01-14, 09:47 AM 
		
	
	
		Thanks for all the advice. MUCH appreciated. Ridden to other destinations a few times since then -- when the bloomin wind wasn't gale force -- and felt fine. Think that there was a combination of factors that freaked me out. Ironically, I know the A259 pretty well having driven it now and again for years.
Thanks again.
	
	
	
	
Thanks again.


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