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[Lizzie Zoom]

nowt wrong with Woolwich...Stanhope and kingsnorth on the other hand.....I would take my chances with Woolwich every time 

I agree, nothing wrong with Woolwich; just a nightmare drive if you have to drive in across South East London

Nothing wrong with Woolwich, I drive into it every day and park for free either the car perfectly safe and secure.
Better than Blackheath/Lewisham, trust me.

Ah, but you are already in SE London.  I mean if you have to drive into South London at 0730 or out at 1730 from Kent of other Home Counties.  But it was like that in the 1970's.  Regularly it would take me 90 minutes to get from Bromley to Deptford, let alone Bromley to Chelsea, or Kidbrooke. Then I moved out to Tonbridge, and made the journey worse.    Even a journey from Ashford to the Old Kent Road at 0730 in 2000-2003 could be 2 hours long. 

Is it really that good now in 2017; has the trend of heavier and heavier congestion been bucked?  If so that is very good news!

I do this everyday at the times you state and I fail to see how it takes anyone 2 hours if you know where you are going ?

You would be coming in from the M2 / A2.  My journey, 6 days a week, was Ashford up the M20 through Lewisham, New Cross,(both bad bottlenecks then onto the old Kent Road.  Sometimes I would go M20, M25, A2, through Lewisham, New Cross and Old Kent Road.  Coming home could be far worse, with more than once the journey just from the Old Kent Road to Lewisham taking 1.5 hours.  THE main problem was always New Cross, with the bridge there having restricted flow in 2001-2003.  I agree though, if I did the journey on a public holiday it just took 1 hour from Ashford to the Old Kent Road.

If in 2017 that journey can be done quicker then that is great, and I wonder why people moan about the heavy congestion in South London.

Mind you, the Congestion charge has had a noticeable affect, and driving around central London is relatively better than it once was.

[the alarming man]

no my journey does not in anyway encounter the M2..M20 every day

[Lizzie Zoom]

no my journey does not in anyway encounter the M2..M20 every day

But you are in Medway.  What route do you take then?  How do you travel the route that I did every day from Ashford when you are in Medway?

[LC0112G]

There's a Troll - err Toll bridge jest west of Oxford that avoids the carnage on the A40/Peartree roundabout junction. It's 5p each way for cars.

Still no email receipt from TfL/Dartcharge, but the £2.50 has migrated from the 'pending' to the 'paid' page on my credit card interweb statement. I have screenshots of both just in case. So how long before the penalty charge notice lands?

[2boxerdogs]

There's a Troll - err Toll bridge jest west of Oxford that avoids the carnage on the A40/Peartree roundabout junction. It's 5p each way for cars.

Still no email receipt from TfL/Dartcharge, but the £2.50 has migrated from the 'pending' to the 'paid' page on my credit card interweb statement. I have screenshots of both just in case. So how long before the penalty charge notice lands?

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Mine have taken around 2 weeks to arrive on each occasion.