I went north from Bristol to Stroud and pointed and laughed, the mrs followed suit on the way to the outlaws.
Drove back to bristol at 6.30, clear as anybody could ask for.
Sorry if it sound like i'm gloating, but why travel at a ridiculous time on a saturday (friday anytime after 2 pm is as bad) when every other family, in school holidays, are travelling to Devon and Cornwall.
Doesn't make sense to me.
I also dread to think how full campsites are in the height of summer in the West Country.

Oh yes, I crawled from worcester to exeter more or less, took 7 hours from liverpool to exeter, should have taken 3.5 hrs!!
You might do it in that time if you left @ 2:00am but it would still require a 70mph average 😉

I can't believe the standard of driving nowadays. .

The other day day, in heavy fog, I passed dozens of motorists doing in excess of 90mph. Unbelievable.

That is pretty shocking, that you could see it. Anyone with decent phone control can text without looking at the phone with it sat in their lap.

So when would be the best time to pass Bristol on the M5 then?
Going from the North to Exeter next week.

😀 Awesome.

TBF when you're an officer of the law, people do expect you to set an example.

I left Padstow at 1.45pm yesterday and got home in Leeds at 9pm , just over 7 hours , if you'd listened to the radio there were plenty of warnings about the traffic being a nightmare.

Did most of the jouney at an indicated 70mph too , it's really strange when nearly everyone is passing you but you're doing the legal speed limit.

don't drive on motorways much then..

as it happens no. obviously I know that the majority travel at more than they should (myself included on short journeys) , the strange feeling is how slow 70mph feels when it should be the maximum anyone is travelling at as they zoom past.

I saw a police documentry once where the traffic cop being interveiwed said 'I tend to ignore any vehicle going up to 85,it's too hard to make a conviction stick till they're going any faster'.

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