Will be leaving mine before 1230 but will be in/out as picking up Stripes at 1130
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Will be leaving mine before 1230 but will be in/out as picking up Stripes at 1130
Yes people don't leave anything to chance, a few of us are local and don't have to take our time but we still want to arrive in one piece.
Who wants to contact the police then? Warwickshire constabluary
Who wants to contact the police then? Warwickshire constabluary
For people travelling from the North West, can I suggest meeting at Sandbach Services at 12:30 and leaving around 12:45? My Satnav says M6, M5, M42, M40, A452 then a couple of local roads and we're at the meet point
There's always the option of M6 Toll too in the event of gridlock through Brum
(Unless anyone has a better suggested meet point/time)
Even tho I live in Sandbach, I'll be going straight from work in Crewe at 12:00, so meet up at Keele services would be better for me? It's the next one down between J16 and J15 about 10 minutes further on. However, journey time from Keele on my satnav is still 1hr 30mins, so we need to be leaving there 12:30 at the latest to get to the meet-up point at 2pm... Thoughts?
Steve, I'll be taking the same route as you. Judging by the speed you came past me on the way home from Coventry last month though, I doubt you'll be wanting to pootle along with me!
I've posted up the the "Funeral Arrangements" thread details which should cover everything from the meet-up point at Shires Retail Park (Now renamed Leamington Spa Retail Park to confuse the unwary) onwards.
Will do mate. When I say pootle though, I really do pootle! I tend to stick to around 60 on motorways for better miles to the pound.
After thinking about this I don't want to chance anything knowing what the M6 can be like. Satnav says about 2h 20m journey time from where we are so we'll be leaving home around 11am which will give is plenty of time to get to the meetup point. If we spot anyone heading south on the M6 we'll give you a flash
After thinking about this I don't want to chance anything knowing what the M6 can be like. Satnav says about 2h 20m journey time from where we are so we'll be leaving home around 11am which will give is plenty of time to get to the meetup point. If we spot anyone heading south on the M6 we'll give you a flash
Fair enough, i know exactly what you mean! I'm quite happy to make my own way down to Leamington too and meet everyone there too, will try to leave work at 12:00 which should get me there about 1:45 ish.
For people travelling from the North West, can I suggest meeting at Sandbach Services at 12:30 and leaving around 12:45? My Satnav says M6, M5, M42, M40, A452 then a couple of local roads and we're at the meet point
There's always the option of M6 Toll too in the event of gridlock through Brum
(Unless anyone has a better suggested meet point/time)
After thinking about this I don't want to chance anything knowing what the M6 can be like. Satnav says about 2h 20m journey time from where we are so we'll be leaving home around 11am which will give is plenty of time to get to the meetup point. If we spot anyone heading south on the M6 we'll give you a flash
Sorry I've been a bit quiet on this so far chaps - lots going on. Rob raises a very good point - I would hate to get stuck in an accident or other unforseen delay - much rather get down there with an hour to spare and have a coffee or whatever at the other end when we know we've got there. It's about 130 miles/2hours according to RAC route planner. It's not like it's going to be a crack of dawn start so I'l be looking (subject to Mark's view's) at getting to Mark's for about 10.30 and going via the M6 toll road (as every time I don't I regret it!!) - probably passing Sandbach about 11.15 and Keele about 11.30 if anyone wants to hook up?
The SW contingent are thinking along the same lines; set off a bit earlier and arrive in the vicinity of Leamington in plenty of time. We're aiming to leave my place by 10.30 and hopefully make time for a pub lunch somewhere within 10 miles, or so, of the meeting point.
Sounds good to me Andy - if you do find somewhere - text me the post code and we'll try and hook up. As we are coming from opposite directions it would probably be a case of the nearer the better
Good one Kully its a SIZZLING Pub (steak house) the post code is CV31 3JZ and the phone no: 01926435139
I think i should update this again. All those meeting at Trowell service M1 Southbound, should arrive in time to leave no later than 1.00pm.
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