1.21 jigawats...? GREAT SCOTT!!!

I was born in Royton, a small suburb in Oldham, Lancashire.

The village of Royton stands halfway between Oldham and Rochdale, and is comprised of a small shopping precinct, a library and a public swimming pool.

Since a very young age, I've always thought some of the features of Royton were very familiar. Allow me to explain:

One of the main landmarks of Royton is the clock tower:










This is situated on the roof of the Royton Public Library, which lies next to a zebra crossing:













Now, the road which this crossing lies on is called Rochdale Road. It is a very straight, flat road.

Here is what I have always thought: I can use the zebra crossing (and its proximity to the clock tower) to travel through time.

1. I need to find a car that is fast enough and contains time circuits and a flux-capacitor, I'm thinking of something like this:













2. I need to be able to predict when a bolt of lightning will strike the clock tower. I'm not sure how I will do this yet but I'm working on it. When I have this information, I will arrange for some electical cable to be ran from the clock tower down to a cable arranged between the posts of the zebra crossing.

3. I park the De Lorean at this junction:














The start point is also marked on the 2 following photographs in yellow (with the clock tower highlighted in green):

4. I accelerate the De Lorean from the start point, and time it just right so that I hit the cable - and the bolt of lightning - when the car reaches 88mph.

This will create a chain-reaction and will supply the 1.21 jigawatts necessary to achieve time travel.

Easy really.



























PS. Strangely enough, a few years back I played the Royton Assembly Hall - a stones throw from the zebra crossing - with my old band Delta 7, and we did indeed play Johnny B. Goode. A bit like this:

PPS. My parents were in the audience at the Royton Assembly Hall that night also, although I wasn't helping my Father fight the local bully or fend off the sexual advances of my Mother. Thankfully.