31 December 2024
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Travelling to the western edge of London and back yesterday took us along several stretches of “smart motorway”. These forgo the traditional hard shoulder (emergency lane on the left) in favour of frequent ‘refuge’ bays and use overhead gantries to … Continue reading
23 January 2024
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Jane and I had quite an eventful road trip today. At one point, we found the route we had intended to take blocked by works without any clear indication on what an alternative route would be. Google maps showed a … Continue reading
8 August 2021
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We drove Jane’s mum home this afternoon and I thought traffic was a bit slow on the bottom part of the M1 and round the M25. Coming back it was still slow with weight of traffic but then I spotted … Continue reading
5 September 2020
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Towards the end of last year, I was talking to people in Loughborough about the journey I was planning to make down to Devon and Gloucester Services were recommended as a stopping point. In the end, we passed them by … Continue reading
31 August 2020
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The contraflow plan worked well today – driving down to Devon on the August Bank Holiday while most of the traffic was heading in the opposite direction. It was still quite busy but not as much as the opposite side … Continue reading
29 July 2020
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Saturday evening’s announcement that, from the early hours of the following day, all travellers arriving in the UK from Spanish territories, would have to self-isolate left many surprised and more dismayed. We can’t accuse the Government of acting slowly or … Continue reading
29 August 2019
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Hitting the road before 6am to head down to Devon today was a good plan. Magnus and I got down before 10:30am, even with a detour to get petrol. The only problem with such an early start is that it … Continue reading
18 April 2019
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It felt like a journey and a half but, in truth, it wasn’t that bad and I’m now safely home. It probably didn’t help that it is Maundy Thursday so I imagine that there are a lot of people making … Continue reading
15 April 2019
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Having got up before 5am today, I’ve had a fair bit of travelling to do. Given that the road down to London was flowing well, I probably didn’t need to set off quite so early. Even with a prolonged stop … Continue reading
27 December 2018
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We drove up to Lincoln on Christmas Day and it was pretty easy going although the roads weren’t quite as deserted as I expected. Mind you, coming back today, they weren’t deserted at all; my guess is that there was … Continue reading