Posted: Fri 13 Jan, 2006 12.19
Getting to sleep here is a nightmare. My apartment block backs right onto a very busy dual-carriageway (the main arterial route into Cardiff Bay), and there are cars and lorries non-stop 24 hrs a day.
The only time of day, ironically enough, when the road is fairly quiet is at 8.25am and 5.25pm, when the road is chocka with traffic, and they're all crawling along at 5mph!
I'm one of those people who's got to have the window open when I sleep. I hate stuffy rooms, and although my apartment has aircon, it tends to trap loads of bacteria and I get ill from it, so I keep the window open most of the time. I'm used to the noise of the traffic now, but getting to sleep with it can be difficult.
The only time of day, ironically enough, when the road is fairly quiet is at 8.25am and 5.25pm, when the road is chocka with traffic, and they're all crawling along at 5mph!
I'm one of those people who's got to have the window open when I sleep. I hate stuffy rooms, and although my apartment has aircon, it tends to trap loads of bacteria and I get ill from it, so I keep the window open most of the time. I'm used to the noise of the traffic now, but getting to sleep with it can be difficult.