You don't have to be a genius to plan things. It doesn't take months of training or a PhD to come up with a set of ideas and then carry them out.

The reason Michelle Dewberry won TV's the Apprentice this week was because she had some common sense.

It was either that or she was prettier than the other woman.

But she impressed Sir Alan Sugar because she did things in a simple and methodical manner.

I cannot say the same for something that is personal and close to my heart.

I speak of none other than the stupidity of the new traffic system in Blackburn.

It has become so ridiculous now I am not even sure the people who planned it are still around.

I was in London recently and I must say the traffic is not as bad there as it is here.

Which smart Alec (or Abdul..you never know these days) was responsible for planning this disaster?

Now, I am not one of those people who moan about the general state of the traffic, but some recent changes have left me fuming.

Blackburn is a pretty small town but the changes over the past two years have confused the hell out of me.

What on earth was this man or woman actually thinking when he or she planned this disaster?

For instance the whole idea is for people to want to visit their local town centre more than those big shopping centres in the middle of nowhere.

However, if you can't get into your town centre how are you supposed to visit it?

Why block off roads that go somewhere and replace them with routes that take you nowhere?

Why put one way systems that bring you back on yourself?

To get from one side of the town to the other now takes me four times longer than it did before.

I am pretty certain someone somewhere is watching drivers on some secret cameras and having a laugh.

In a couple of months we'll all be on some You've Been Framed' type show.

When her Majesty the Queen of England comes to Blackburn later this month will they bring her on to these roads?

I very much doubt it!

I can imagine Her Majesty getting pretty annoyed when she has to take a huge detour just to get to King George's Hall.

Driver,' she will say, Why is one having to go out of the town to go back into it?' One is not amused.