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cyberknight

cyberknight

As long as I breathe, I attack.
Location
Land of confusion
Once took me 9 hours from dawlish to home cus of an RTC on the M6 that back logged the entire northbound motorway network
 
Dave 123

Dave 123

Legendary Member
Location
Cambridgeshire alps
On Friday it took 8 hours from Plymouth to Nottingham. Should have taken 4 hours.
There was a load of traffic heading north, I suppose they'd seen the forecast and decided to get home before the weekend.
With these traffic levels you just need one little bump, never mind the serious accident that occurred.

Friday was the first time in about 10 years that I've had a nightmare of a journey. That's quite good really.
 
snorri

snorri

Legendary Member
Location
East coast, up a bit.
gavroche said:
I am not blaming the people there but just its road structure. Rant over.
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It's not the road structure, it's the people who use it in private cars. And successive governments which have failed to provide us with an efficient public transport system, but that's what the people voted for, so that takes us back to the people:sad:.
 
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threebikesmcginty

threebikesmcginty

Corn Fed Hick...
Location
...on the slake
At the Bullring shopping centre
You'll know it's a friendly place
From the moment that you enter
There's a smile upon your face
Shops galore and so much more
And the famous indoor market
Come by bus or come by car
Or come by magic carpet

Or summat like that....

Anyway as crax says, use the toll, mental not to.
 
dellzeqq

dellzeqq

pre-talced and mighty
Location
SW2
[QUOTE 4429077, member: 259"]I think Birmingham's a smashing city. I must admit I thought it was a bit of a dump until my son went to uni there and I actually visited the place.

So there![/QUOTE]
Birmingham is, without doubt, the finest city in Britain. It has the best Indian takeaways, the best symphony orchestra and the best railway connections.
 
potsy

potsy

Rambler
Location
My Armchair
Yes but what about that accent? :o)
 
Tim Hall

Tim Hall

Guest
Location
Crawley
SpokeyDokey said:
It does seem to be rather Plod free.

As an aside I don't think Susie Dent has spotted this lovely word yet:

shunpiking

Literally the avoidance of turnpikes.
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Nothing to do with the Traveler community then?

(vague etymological wondering: What's the root of the term "Pikey"? Any connection with travelling along (turnpike) roads?)
 
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I was on the M6 on Friday, it was unusually and exceptionally busy, the V Festival was on which probably explains some of the extra traffic, there are at the moment major roadworks around junction 18 which doesn't help matters, the crap weather wasn't helping as well. Coventry Warrington two and a half hours, Warrington Coventry two hours. When its running as it should it aint bad, but most of the time its running over capacity and it don't take a lot to bring it to a standstill.
 
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gavroche

gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
[QUOTE 4429456, member: 45"]If you drove the M5 and M6 you'll not have driven through Birmingham. You need to change the thread title. What you hit was the Black Country.[/QUOTE]
Fair enough but it is still known as the Birmingham area.
 
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