*ing impossible. Never again. Six hours driving time to cover 164 miles.
Waste of time. UK holiday industry, meh, whatever.
I'm saving my money in future and only ever holidaying abroad. Six hours. Could be in the US by now. Or Spain, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Turkey.
*'s sake.
Too expensive for me.
England = UK ?
You probably picked the worst time to go. If you are stuck with school holidays you will always struggle.
We are stuck with school holidays but we got to Northumberland (practically Kelso) in less time last year.
I'm calming down. We made it in time for the Tesco order. There is beer on the order.
North Wales?
A mate told me there were massive queues on the A5 at Corwen.
Also heard on the radio now, 4pm, Friday, massive queues aroudn Bristol on the M4/M5
I thought the consensus was we'd all leave it a week, and then drive at night?
How's the second beer going down?
You're like a mardy delivery driver without a mask.
Set off Friday daytime did you then?
That was your mistake guv.
Enjoy your break, sounds like you need it.
Full of gammons and shit food. Nej tack
A crash on the A30 a few weeks ago resulted in a 9hr trip back to Bristol from Cornwall for my parents!
Holy moly! That's the bit of our summer drive I'm dreading most. In both directions.
On last day of a week in Northumberland, never seen the pace so busy, gave up on taking the dog to the beach this afternoon as can’t get near them by car and it’s too hot to walk much, first world problems I know, but we’ve been coming to this area for a decade and never seen it so crammed.
Trying to get back from Exeter to Torquay around 2pm, traffic at a standstill on the A380 down into Penn Inn, the other road through Kingsteignton / Newton Abbot is chocco, so went down to Teignmouth to cut across, and some berk had broken down right on the lights for Shaldon Bridge.
Bloody grockles
Could be in the US by now.
Do you live past security in the airport?
Weirdly I was paddleboarding on Loweswater this morning and we basically had lake to ourselves with no hassle parking in a scrape by waterside and I've just come back in from a ride up Fangs Brow, through Ennerdale and over Cold Fell with hardly any traffic... Probably be rammed over weekend though or perhaps everyone has stopped coming to Cumbria 😀
Heard the traffic news earlier. Did sound like the M5 and M6 was pretty much solid between Exeter and Manchester.
We holiday in the UK a fair bit and you do need to plan it to miss the busy periods
Yep England is shite...
Let's think
School holiday
Difficult to go abroad
Better than average weather...
...nope, no idea why it's really busy in the holiday spots in the UK
I mean, c'mon 🤦
Who'd have thought that touristy parts of England would be busy during a pandemic when foreign travel is still difficult and the summer weather is the hottest anyone can remember. Bizarre.
Where I live in England is ace btw (Arnside), sod driving anywhere else at the mo.
Edit: ha, beaten to it
@dannyh - where are you? We all want to pop round to drink your holiday beer
Off to Woolacombe tomorrow morning and the car is packed and ready to go, well it is til the Mrs wants something from the bottom of the pile... Grrr.
Everyone wants to go early, so on the road by 5 from essex, it should take 4/4 1/2 hours ... anyone want to make me a price on what time we'll get there ?
Mrs reckons they have a set number of beds and they always sell out every year, so this time it'll be no different.... love her optimism .
My 7 hr drive across Holland and Germany to get to Denmark suddenly seems quite reasonable. The weather here is a bit meh but it really is the land that covid forgot.
Google Maps shows a clear run from north to Cornwall right now. Just a question of being creative. If it feels like a strange time to do something it’s a good time. Like going to that Center Parcs pool at teatime.
If it feels like a strange time to do something it’s a good time.
Amen to that.
Hit the beach at 6pm...empty!
Who knew it would be crap this year. Start of summer holidays and hardly anyone going abroad.
I'm hoping for another 12 months of this (not the people being poorly bit but staycationing) as we're working on our holiday let. Pretty much guaranteed that we'll open the doors just as everyone in the country is hurtling towards the airport. 🤦
Should be Okay though as we're two peninsulas better than grum 😛
What’s is like on the way down to Cornwall? Got a friend going and I’m kinda hoping it won’t be too bad for him and his family. Travelling from Yorkshire.
You’re like a mardy delivery driver without a mask.
Chapeau. Good memory on your part. I'm nowhere near as fat and chavvy as that bloke, though. He had a face like a smacked arse.
We were in South Devon last week, near Kingsbridge. Nightmare of the highest order, 1st & last time in Devon for me. Overrated even without the crowds ( we were part of the crowds) even the A roads have passing places FFS!
Now in the New Forest (Brockenhurst) can’t believe the lack of people on the Forest trails & even the coastline, different again to Devon & Cornwall.
North Wales was quiet at the end of May & the beaches superb, same for Northern Scotland 4 weeks ago (Durness but not doing the NC500) weathers been excellent for all our trips up to now.
Norfolk for 8 nights in August next.
If you’re stuck with school holiday times in the UK then you’re gonna be amongst the crowds for now.
BTW we are in the New Forest. I didn't bother bringing my bike as I don't want to end up being run out of town by pitchfork wielding yokels in the service of some Hunter Wellied ex stockbroker.
You’re not stuck in traffic you are the traffic
You’re not amongst the crowds you are the crowd
etc etc
BTW we are in the New Forest. I didn’t bother bringing my bike as I don’t want to end up being run out of town by pitchfork wielding yokels in the service of some Hunter Wellied ex stockbroker.
Eh? Loads of bikes knocking about where we are, haven’t seen a single pitchfork. I’m bringing mine next time.
You’re not stuck in traffic you are the traffic
You’re not amongst the crowds you are the crowdetc etc
Please don't try to inject reason into the middle of an irrational rant.
Three cans of Tyskie, some red wine, my missus's lasagne and a bit of a laugh with the kids and all is well.
Have I mentioned that I am a moody bastard and can be quite immature at times?
I know, you never would have guessed eh?
Yeah felt like I was poking an angry bear, sorry
Nice one Dannyh.
Will tune in tomorrow for ‘nowhere to ****ing park!!’
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Ro5ey
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Off to Woolacombe tomorrow morning
Woolacombe is busy during a normal summer, can't imagine what it will be like this year. Good luck!
Nice one Dannyh.
Will tune in tomorrow for ‘nowhere to **** park!!’
🤣
Who leaked the schedule to you?
That should have been more closely guarded than the plot to a Star Wars film.
I live about 5 miles from cornwall, I’m not going again until September.
sorry
Don't be. You seem a decent bloke from your cricket posts and I was just indulging my inner Basil Fawlty by having a toddler-esque rant.
Or we could have a pointless, massive, 'I agree with you 99% but I will still fight you to the death over tyre compound' STW style ruck.
I've just popped a can of Hobgoblin Gold and the kids are keeping us entertained taking the piss out of Death in Paradise, so all good. Feet are back on the ground.
I feel your pain! we did Aberdeen to Devon coinciding with English half term, Bristol/Glouscester on the M5 was gridlock both ways, I think on the way back it was 6hrs to cover 60 miles!
There was a classic 9 years ago when we took the (much younger) kids to Cornwall. The missus wanted to leave Thursday evening to come home, suspecting it would be a nightmare and knowing my uni mates were arriving on Friday afternoon to have an evening down the boozer before going off to 20:20 finals day at Edgbaston on the Saturday.
Her exact words were:
"I'm not getting home with a car full of washing and unpacking and having you piss off down the pub an hour later and not see you again sober until Sunday".
I said we'd paid for the Thursday night and were staying. We set off on the Friday morning from Fowey. It went well. Until the bit on Bodmin where the dual carriageway ended. After that, I don't think we exceeded 40 mph at any point. My wife was wrong. We actually got home 25 minutes before my mates got there and we pissed off down the pub.
The finals day was the one where the second semi and interval to the final were rain delayed, so didn't finish until after 10pm. We were shitfaced. I got home at about 2pm on the Sunday and was useless all day. Then it was Monday again.
We (the missus and I) still 'laugh' (grimace) about it now.
😂
Staying in Brixham at the moment in a Sunday to Sunday rental. Travelling on the Sabbath seems more civilsed than Friday or Saturday