MOST people in Preston are fed up with traffic congestion and speed cameras, but to one visitor the roads over here are his idea of heaven.

Pastor Samual Ngorok, from Uganda, is in the area as part of an exchange visit with a Preston church.

And one of the things he has enjoyed the most while in the city has been its pot-hole free roads!

Pastor Samual said: "Whenever I am in a car I enjoy the journey -- there aren't any bumps!"

The East African minister, visiting St Michael's and All Angels church on Edgerton Road, Ashton, has even had time to stop off at Deepdale to witness Preston North End's 4-0 victory over Coventry. Pastor Samual, from the small town of Iriiri, in East Africa, has been in Preston for two weeks and is staying until the end of May.

So far members of the congregation have shown him the sights from as far afield as Chester, Liverpool and the Lake District. And the 34-year-old football fan, who uses the 'beautiful game' to help teach his young congregation, was impressed with the PNE ground.

He said: "Preston is very good. Uganda is so different because we haven't got good roads and buildings, and there are speed cameras and lots of traffic lights here that we don't have."

Reverend Mark Smith of the Preston church, who has played host to Pastor Samual and hopes to visit Uganda in the future, said: "We have been linked for about two years now, and we've been exchanging letters and information about our churches and towns. But this is the first visit.

"The church raised the money for him to come from Uganda -- about £800. He is staying with members of the church through the visit."

The visit was organised by local Christian Aid worker Ben Humphries who met Pastor Samual on a visit to Uganda.

Rev Smith said: "Everyone has been looking forward to his visit, and they've been very welcoming. People have been ringing up trying to get him to go round for a meal!"