The M1 Motorway

[Cuchilo]

Any regular users of the M1 have an idea of when its best to travel ? During the week , weekends ? Night driving is out as i tend to start nodding off when it gets dark

 

[Milzy]

Usually after 7pm it’s dead

 

[BoldonLad]

Any regular users of the M1 have an idea of when its best to travel ? During the week , weekends ? Night driving is out as i tend to start nodding off when it gets dark

Since your info says you are in London, I assume you are talking of North bound?

When returning from visiting my son (Windsor), I normally aim to reach M1 (J6) after 10:00am and be off it (at Leeds) by 15:00, Tuesday - Thursday.

If going North, from my brother's (east of London), I avoid M1 and use M11/A1.

M1 Sunday afternoon, Monday and Friday, I avoid if possible.

 

[PeteXXX]

I’m sure you won’t exceed the speed limit, but the variable speed signs on the new ‘Managed’ motorway conceal cameras that work.
It’s like a disco some nights...

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

My stretch from the M18 to 35a get's daftest around 9pm. That's when all the speeders come out, slamming their brakes on at every overhead gantry.

 

[Cuchilo]

Heading north from London to York and then back . My work is pretty flexible so i could swap the weekends for two days during the week i guess .

 

[winjim]

I’m sure you won’t exceed the speed limit, but the variable speed signs on the new ‘Managed’ motorway conceal cameras that work.
It’s like a disco some nights...

They're not concealed very well if you know the pattern. They're in the same place on the gantries in the opposite direction so they're easy to spot. If you're speeding, just make sure you have your gaze fixed firmly on the oncoming carriageway and you should be fine.

 

[biggs682]

Heading north from London to York and then back . My work is pretty flexible so i could swap the weekends for two days during the week i guess .

Think i would look at the A1 as an option

 

[Pale Rider]

Heading north from London to York and then back . My work is pretty flexible so i could swap the weekends for two days during the week i guess .

You could do worse than use the A1/A1(M)/A1 then enter York via the A64.

 

[winjim]

[QUOTE 5120177, member: 259"]Good thing about the A1 is you can get to some decent places to eat along the way, rather than crappy motorway service stations.[/QUOTE]
National Trust properties make great middle class service stations. There's always one a short drive away, you can get a cream tea, use a clean toilet and there's somewhere for the kids to run around and play for a bit.

 

[Drago]

Which bit of the M1? Any part from J17 down to London can be randomly chocca at any weird time, because people are incapable of driving in a straight line without crashing into one another.

 

[subaqua]

It’s pot luck . Avoid M11 A14 to A1M route as there’s significant works at Cambridge .

I try and travel after 10am in week heading north as misses massive traffic .

 

[Tim Hall]

[QUOTE 5120177, member: 259"]Good thing about the A1 is you can get to some decent places to eat along the way, rather than crappy motorway service stations.[/QUOTE]
Not forgetting that stretch of the A1 that abounds with what were once cafés and are now sex shops.

 

[subaqua]

Not forgetting that stretch of the A1 that abounds with what were once cafés and are now sex shops.

funny enough somebody asked about that on another forum I frequent for my underwater hobby ..

and there were links posted


apparently farmers are the best customers...

 

[Markymark]

May I suggest simply staying in London and just popping to a recycling centre if you want to get the experience of going up north but without the travel?