cheers! meeting the man with the car at birmingham airport,so il be heading to holyhead from there! 
 Suggested routes
   1.      3 hours 2 mins
      M6 and A55
      175 mi
   2.
      3 hours 6 mins
      A5
      152 mi
   3.
      3 hours 14 mins
      A55
      159 mi      
Birmingham International Airport (BHX)
Bickenhill, Solihull B26 3, UK      
1.      Head northeast on Trident Rd toward Comet Rd            
0.1 mi
2.      Turn left at Comet Rd            
220 ft
3.      Comet Rd turns slightly right and becomes Herald Rd            
449 ft
4.      Continue onto Vanguard Rd            
0.2 mi
5.      Slight right to stay on Vanguard Rd            
125 ft
6.      At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Airport Way            
0.2 mi
7.      At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the Coventry Rd/A45 ramp            
0.3 mi
8.      Merge onto Coventry Rd/A45            
0.5 mi
9.      Take the ramp to M42/M6/M1/M40/M5            
0.1 mi
10.      At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto the M42 ramp to M6/London/M1/Lichfield/Tamworth            
0.3 mi
11.      Merge onto M42            
1.6 mi
12.      At junction 7, exit toward M6 (N)/Birmingham (C & N)            
0.7 mi
13.      Merge onto M6            
22.7 mi
14.      Take the exit onto M6            
55.4 mi
15.      At junction 20, take the M56 exit to Chester/Runcorn            
0.7 mi
16.      Turn left at M56            
20.0 mi
17.      Continue onto A5117
Entering Wales            
2.3 mi
18.      Continue onto Welsh Rd/A550
Continue to follow A550            
2.3 mi
19.      Continue onto A494 (signs for Mold/Yr Wyddgrug/Conwy/A55)            
2.3 mi
20.      Continue onto A55
Go through 3 roundabouts            
74.0 mi
21.      Continue onto Victoria Rd/A5 (signs for A5154)            
0.2 mi      
Holyhead, Gwynedd
UK