Heading up norf (need travel advice)

[Hobbit]

Right, heading up to Halifax on Friday for my cousins wedding on the Saturday. Aiming to get up there about 5.

Now do I go up the M6 then round manc town (top or bottom?)

Or go up the M1?

So local peeps, which way is best to avoid getting stuck in traffic on a Friday afternoon?

Edit - heading up from Cornwall

[pikey1986]

i would of thought that doing the M5,M42 and M1 wouldn't be too bad in the early afternoon

[Alex J]

you may need one of these...
http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_dec2005/VancouverSnowPlow.jpg

[Benn]

Where's the "dont go" box to tick?

[Alex J]

and mr hobbit!! you are a trucker are you not, and the law states, NEVER ask for directionslol

[stupot89]

i go down cornwall every year best way depending on what time you travel we go m5 m6 m62 come off at junction 22 m62. come for a brew if ya want :)

edit i would fly to leeds bradford airpot no traffic in the sky lol or set off ealy morning

[mowgli]

and mr hobbit!! you are a trucker are you not, and the law states, NEVER ask for directionslol

nope, that is a van driver thing.......

highways agency website before you leave, and radio 5 live on the quarter past & quarter to, are your friends..

i voted m5 m6 m62.

m1 on a friday is truly cack. there is always an accident near j25 (derby/nottingham) then the bit past sheffield is slow, and the m1 has way bigger hills, so the wagons run slower, and so do the cars...

but obviously be prepared to change it.

[stupot89]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1T4GZAZ_enGB380GB380&q=halifax&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl
google map from truro to halifax

[Alex J]

nope, that is a van driver thing....... merris is a long distance van driver, and it is law in the trade, thought it came from the big trucker boys!lol

[mowgli]

hobbit knows how to get there, he's after a spot of local knowledge

[stupot89]

he's after a spot of local knowledge

dont go to halifax its a **** hole lol

[mowgli]

i was holding off from that sort of comment, having once been to leeds for a wedding... the venue was awful, the pissup was better for it

[stupot89]

i can say it i live there :p

[Pistol Pete]

M5, M42 then the M1 everytime! I have friends in Huddersfield and this is by far the best route.

[mowgli]

pete, the m42 on a friday is also a crashfest.

[stupot89]

m5 m6 m62 is the quickest route

[Pistol Pete]

m5 m6 m62 is the quickest route

Each to thier own! Huddersfield is easier to get to from the M1. IMO.


pete, the m42 on a friday is also a crashfest.

Hasnt been when ive used it. Done the above route friday morning, afternoon and eve. Also sunday daytime and eve.

[Alex J]

dont go to halifax its a **** hole lol*** sniggerlol ****

[mowgli]

you must be a very fortunate chap, i must attract accidents....

[Pistol Pete]

lol you obviously do!! :p :thumb:

[Hobbit]

hobbit knows how to get there, he's after a spot of local knowledge

this. Cant fly as I'm going for a spot of karting on the way home. ;) and also have a more door (shudders) wing to deliver to Mr H.

Not bothered about the snow, the O is MEGA in the snow :d

[John]

Matt i'd avoid as much of the m6 on a friday afternoon as you can. Which way you think you'll head back? m6?

[stupot89]

[quote=Pistol Pete]Each to thier own! Huddersfield is easier to get to from the M1. IMO.quote]

depends where in huddersfied your going junction 23 and 24 m62 are both mainly for huddersfield

[Hobbit]

Coming back M1 for reading.

[John]

Coming back M1 for reading.

cool i've pm'd you. :)

[Hobbit]

cool i've pm'd you. :)

M5/M6 it is then :thumb:

[MK999]

Coming back M1 for reading.

Dont go it's a ****hole lol

[Southie]

If the weather is as bad as it's getting tonight up here then your in for a long drive, I'm not far from Halifax so would be good to maybe meet you as your up in this neck of the woods. :)

[Hobbit]

Dont go it's a ****hole lol

Everyone knows Reading is a ****hole :thumb: lol

and wont be free Sarfy, got a meal on the friday night with close family, wedding on the sat, then heading down to karting early Sunday.

You'll have to get yourself to Nats or Billing next year :)

[Southie]

Nats and billing it is then you spoilsport lol

[Jack]

Light aircraft?

Would have thought you'd need one of these

http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/images/prss/c17_ice_runway.jpg

[brownbear]

Jalibax (pronounced with a Bradford accent)

My old home town!!

M1 M62 remove rear numberplate down Ainley top at 100+ mph arrive with a smile!!

[MK999]

Everyone knows Reading is a ****hole :thumb: lol

Just keeping people informed, useful local knowledge lol

[L14MNP]

/Joining in.

Halifax aint north! lol

[Hobbit]

Its 300 miles ish up fom me, thats north enough lol

[mowgli]

yup, as they say in the south west, 'everythings relative'.........
or is it 'a relative'?

[draper]

i wouldnt go near the m5/m6 on a friday tbh

[Bubba]

Its 300 miles ish up fom me, thats north enough lol

anything past the Tamar is norf

[stupot89]

where ya having you meal???

[Hobbit]

no Idea lol

[mowgli]

the m6 is flowing way better than the m1 today.. the east side of the pennines got the worst of the weather, and the west side didn't.....

[L14MNP]

Stop being faggots. We have it all up here. It's been blizzarding again. 15" on the garden table. 8"+ on the grass and a good 5" still on the paths. Then there's the ungritted and unploughed roads...

Newcastle and outlying areas have it too, just not as bad. Not that the biased local news would have you believe... The County Durham area is cattle trucked. I'm sure wwmnw and dannysp etc will agree.

You will encounter but a sprinkling on your excursion to the 'north'. lol

[Hobbit]

I've got some funky snow radar up used by the gritter wagons and it looks like the snow is there to stay up your way lol

if I could do a screen grab I'd show you how bad it looks

[L14MNP]

Please try lol. Posh government software ftw.

What have you guys got down there, still nothing? I know there's SFA in Taunton. Hard to imagine really. I think the north/south divide is really happening...
http://greywulf.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/day-after-tomorrow.jpg
lol

[Hobbit]

well west Cornwall is getting a bit but nothing on the Devon/Cornwall borders

[L14MNP]

Wonder if they wanna swap. I can offer my Corsa. lol

[mowgli]

basically, god dumped on the bit from mansfield to barnsley,

we sent a wagon round delivering tonne bags of salt today to concrete works in the eastmids... one near lincoln was shut because of snow & we got our artic on clear roads straight their yard...... cue major rollocking of an area manager about his staff shirking off

[Hobbit]

couldn't do a screen grab so took a pic on my phone, uploaded it on facebook then deleted them before Donna noticed lol

Now

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/wiggardywoo/snowradar.jpg

in a couple of hours

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/wiggardywoo/snowradar1.jpg

edit - red is snow