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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Farnboro John" data-source="post: 3346581" data-attributes="member: 36432">Thought of a better one than my first effort (though its nowhere near some of the foreign ones!)Headed Oop North with Jungle Cat and Tringbirder for female Pine Bunting at Big Waters NR. Roy was writing a column in Birdwatching at the time and we were twitting him about all the namechecks for his Tringbirdingcompanions. Some 20 miles short, early in the morning, Ms Cat lost control of the car on black ice (I would have too) and there was a mighty BANG as we hit the central reservation barrier. I switched off the ignition (to prevent ignition) and from the back seat came a deep rumble: "Is that Clare with or without an I?"We were almost immediately chatting to another (non-birding) crew that had slid off the near-side of the carriageway and shortly after the coppers arrived and assumed we were that crew. Just to give you an idea of how slippery the road was, the cops parked on the hard shoulder and the one that came over to us took three steps and then slid on the ice across all three lanes to end up by our vehicle!We were towed off, took a taxi to Big Waters and nailed the Pine Bunting, then got a lift from a birder back to the garage and were Relayed home by the AA. Simples! But waking up to feel the car snaking on the ice and then the crashing impact was not fun.John</blockquote>