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The unbeaten road!

Torrential rain was blinding the windscreen of my car as my wipers struggled under the weight of water. The speedometer read 70mph and I was scared to death, as neither could I see the road clearly nor I knew where I was headed. The evening of that spring, in the land of Brits, was one of my worst nightmares. I agree, that boredom is the inspiration of all adventures but that evening, my boredom was coupled with exhaustion; and it definitely was not the correct recipe for an adventure. I lived in a city called Milton Keynes about 50 miles north of London. It was not so common to get indian sweets in my city and so I decided to drive to a new shop that had opened just outside the city to buy some nice Indian sweets. I had never driven there before but I was excited to discover this new route.   At sharp 5.30 I left my office, rather in a hurry as I knew the shop would close at 6. As I entered my car and opened the left compartment, I did not find my Sat Nav there. Damn! I ha