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Re: M5
« Reply #15 on: 24 February 2023, 16:05:02 »

For comparison:Shared route
From Alton to Brixham via A303.

3 hr 29 min (157 mi)
3 hr 29 min in current traffic
Avoiding motorways


1. Head south-west on Normandy St
2. At the roundabout, continue straight onto High St
3. Turn right onto Market St
4. At the roundabout, continue straight onto Basingstoke Rd/B3349
5. Turn left onto Spain Ln
6. Turn right onto Red Ln
7. Turn left to stay on Red Ln
8. Turn left onto Berrydown Ln
9. Turn right onto B3046
10. Turn left onto Dummer Rd
11. Turn left onto A30
12. Use the left lane to take the A303 slip road to A30/Andover
13. Continue onto A303
14. At Countess Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Amesbury Byp/A303
15. Exit the roundabout onto Amesbury Byp/A303
16. At Longbarrow Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A303
17. Exit the roundabout onto A303
18. At Hazelgrove Roundabout, take the 3rd exit and stay on A303
19. Exit the roundabout onto A303
20. At Podimore Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A303
21. Exit the roundabout onto A303
22. At Cartgate Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A303
23. Exit the roundabout onto A303
24. At Hayes End Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Ilminster Byp/A303
25. Exit the roundabout onto Ilminster Byp/A303
26. At Southfields Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A303
27. Exit the roundabout onto A303
28. At Moor Lane Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Honiton Rd/A3015
29. Exit the roundabout onto Honiton Rd/A3015
30. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A3015
31. Slight left onto Hill Barton Rd/A3015
32. At Middlemoor Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Rydon Ln/A3015
33. Exit the roundabout onto Rydon Ln/A3015
34. Turn left onto Russell Way
35. At the roundabout, continue straight to stay on Russell Way
36. At the roundabout, continue straight to stay on Russell Way
37. Keep right to stay on Russell Way
38. Use the left lane to turn right onto A379
39. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for City Centre/Dawlish/A379/Marsh Barton/Topsham
40. At Countess Wear Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bridge Rd/A379
41. Exit the roundabout onto Bridge Rd/A379
42. Slight right to stay on Bridge Rd/A379
43. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Bridge Rd/A379
44. Exit the roundabout onto Bridge Rd/A379
45. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A379
46. Exit the roundabout onto A379
47. Take the A38 slip road on the right to Plymouth/Torquay/A380
48. Use the left 2 lanes to turn slightly left onto A380 (signs for Torquay)
49. Keep right to continue on Besigheim Way/Penn Inn Flyover/A380
50. At the roundabout, continue straight onto Hellevoetsluis Way/A380
51. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Marldon Way/A380
52. Exit the roundabout onto Marldon Way/A380
53. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kings Ash Rd/A380
54. Exit the roundabout onto Kings Ash Rd/A380
55. Turn left onto Waterleat Rd
56. Turn right onto Dartmouth Rd/A379
57. Turn left onto Market St
58. Turn right towards Brewery Ln
59. Turn left onto Brewery Ln
60. Keep right
61. Turn right
62. Arrive at location: Brixham
For the best route in current traffic visit https://maps.app.goo.gl/MjsGJ5Da17cefvMG6
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Re: M5
« Reply #16 on: 24 February 2023, 16:05:41 »

We know thats a lie.  We know that around Amesbury, you'll do 10yrds, then handbrake on. Then 10 yrds, then handbrake on.  Life will ebb away.
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Re: M5
« Reply #17 on: 24 February 2023, 16:07:17 »

Although it doesnt offer it by default, google reckons M4/M5 is quicker.  I'd agree.
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Re: M5
« Reply #18 on: 24 February 2023, 16:14:44 »

Apparently the A303 is quicker... By 40 minutes ;D
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Re: M5
« Reply #19 on: 24 February 2023, 16:37:55 »

I'm loathed to use the M5 south of Brizzol at all. In the summer there are upside down tin tents all over the place and rozzers hiding on every bridge. At nights the road is usually closed somewhere for no apparent reason - often a "Police incident" or "Emergency Road Works".

If you know what you're doing you can avoid the heavy traffic on the A303. Plenty of local roads - but for locals only  ;D
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Re: M5
« Reply #20 on: 24 February 2023, 16:39:24 »

I'm loathed to use the M5 south of Brizzol at all. In the summer there are upside down tin tents all over the place and rozzers hiding on every bridge. At nights the road is usually closed somewhere for no apparent reason - often a "Police incident" or "Emergency Road Works".

If you know what you're doing you can avoid the heavy traffic on the A303. Plenty of local roads - but for locals only  ;D
Sod the Grockles ;D
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Re: M5
« Reply #21 on: 24 February 2023, 16:55:36 »

I'm loathed to use the M5 south of Brizzol at all. In the summer there are upside down tin tents all over the place and rozzers hiding on every bridge. At nights the road is usually closed somewhere for no apparent reason - often a "Police incident" or "Emergency Road Works".

If you know what you're doing you can avoid the heavy traffic on the A303. Plenty of local roads - but for locals only  ;D
Sod the Grockles ;D

Hint #1. As you go down the hill past Boscombe Down/Solstace Park Services look into the distance sort of straight ahead. You can see the A303 climbing up the hill in the distance away from the Amesbury/Countess Roundabout. If it's chokka with brake lights bail out into Solstace Services, and then make your way north to Bulford. Once there, turn left (west) onto The Packway, and then through Larkhill Camp. Once you get to Rolleston Camp you can turn left and head back down the A360 to rejoin the A303 at the Longbarrow Roundabout. That can easily save you 50 mins on a busy bank holiday Friday/Monday.

If you stay on the A303 past the Countess roundabout then you are doomed if it's busy - there is nowhere to turn around and it  can take an hour to get past Stonehenge to Longbarrow.
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Re: M5
« Reply #22 on: 24 February 2023, 16:59:15 »

* Nothing beats the M11 for boredom though.  At least its short.

Try the M45
Thats far too short to be boring - you come off the roundabout at Dun-somthing? and by the time you're at full ramming speed, its time to slow down for the M1 ;D

That said, thats where I managed to max my old Astra GTE, banging it on the rev limiter in top gear all the way along. until PC Plod picked me up on the M1.
Dunchurch.  ;)
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Re: M5
« Reply #23 on: 24 February 2023, 17:12:56 »

I find that the great thing about being retired is I don't give a damn how iong any journey takes, time is no longer a matter, the day I finished work I gave up wearing a watch as I am no longer answerable to anybody.
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« Reply #24 on: 24 February 2023, 17:24:21 »

I find that the great thing about being retired is I don't give a damn how iong any journey takes, time is no longer a matter, the day I finished work I gave up wearing a watch as I am no longer answerable to anybody.
Yes, Mick, but the old bladder can make you appreciate a swift journey  ;D
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« Reply #25 on: 24 February 2023, 17:34:54 »

I find that the great thing about being retired is I don't give a damn how iong any journey takes, time is no longer a matter, the day I finished work I gave up wearing a watch as I am no longer answerable to anybody.
Yes, Mick, but the old bladder can make you appreciate a swift journey  ;D
Sad but true.  ::)
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« Reply #26 on: 24 February 2023, 17:38:30 »

I find that the great thing about being retired is I don't give a damn how iong any journey takes, time is no longer a matter, the day I finished work I gave up wearing a watch as I am no longer answerable to anybody.
Yes, Mick, but the old bladder can make you appreciate a swift journey  ;D
Sad but true.  ::)
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It's very strange that you mentioned that, long journeys present no problems, but if I pop into town for an hour or so by the time I return home I'm busting for a pee..😄
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« Reply #27 on: 24 February 2023, 18:04:19 »

I find that the great thing about being retired is I don't give a damn how iong any journey takes, time is no longer a matter, the day I finished work I gave up wearing a watch as I am no longer answerable to anybody.
Yes, Mick, but the old bladder can make you appreciate a swift journey  ;D
Sad but true.  ::)
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It's very strange that you mentioned that, long journeys present no problems, but if I pop into town for an hour or so by the time I return home I'm busting for a pee..😄

We call that "The Queen Camel's".

Queen Camel is a small village on the road from the A303 into Yeovil - about 5 miles from home. The number of times we've been on the way home from a trip abroad, and we've got to Queen Camel at midnight with a bladder (or worse bowel) ready to burst is incalculable.
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« Reply #28 on: 24 February 2023, 18:18:04 »

I try to train my brain not to tell my bladder it's time to let go five yards from the bog  ;D This can be after a two/three hour journey, the brain is just three or four seconds ahead of itself.
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« Reply #29 on: 24 February 2023, 18:18:36 »

I find that the great thing about being retired is I don't give a damn how iong any journey takes, time is no longer a matter, the day I finished work I gave up wearing a watch as I am no longer answerable to anybody.
Yes, Mick, but the old bladder can make you appreciate a swift journey  ;D
Sad but true.  ::)
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It's very strange that you mentioned that, long journeys present no problems, but if I pop into town for an hour or so by the time I return home I'm busting for a pee..😄

We call that "The Queen Camel's".

Queen Camel is a small village on the road from the A303 into Yeovil - about 5 miles from home. The number of times we've been on the way home from a trip abroad, and we've got to Queen Camel at midnight with a bladder (or worse bowel) ready to burst is incalculable.
Bet that gives you the hump,
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