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[Doctor Gollum]

Take the most direct and easiest route.
Put the details into the talking box, see what it's says then add 15minutes.

Remember Dr golham knows a taxi driver, and they go up and round wills mothers, to try and save a mile 

Tell you what, can go that way home from work... will do the B road route tomorrow and the motorway one on Monday, both at same time, leaving the Europa at 6 am... Times and distances to follow

[tigers_gonads]

 

Thanks for the info lads 

Another question for that Taxi Al bloke if anybody knows how to get hold of him 

Coming back in the morning, am I better off coming off the A23 at Handcross and using the B roads back to the digs ?

What's the A275 like ?
Worth it ?

[Doctor Gollum]

B roads back to hotel from Handcross... exit A23 at top of hill, then turn right onto B2110 and follow back to B2036

Wouldn't bother with A275 unless midday or overnight...

[Nick W]

Thanks for the info lads 

Another question for that Taxi Al bloke if anybody knows how to get hold of him 

Coming back in the morning, am I better off coming off the A23 at Handcross and using the B roads back to the digs ?

What's the A275 like ?
Worth it ?

There is no J10 Nbound exit, so you'll have to come off at Handcross. The B2036 and necessary other roads on that route are all decent fast country roads, and you'll only be on them for a few miles.


The A275 is a meandering  way of finding a nice country pub for a pie and a pint on the way home. Not what you are going to want!


What you really need to do is have a quiet word with whoever is booking your hotels. Introduce them to a map while you're at it.

[Nick W]

Thanks for the info lads 

Another question for that Taxi Al bloke if anybody knows how to get hold of him 

Coming back in the morning, am I better off coming off the A23 at Handcross and using the B roads back to the digs ?

What's the A275 like ?
Worth it ?

There is no J10a Nbound exit, so you'll have to come off at Handcross. The B2036 and necessary other roads on that route are all decent fast country roads, and you'll only be on them for a few miles.


The A275 is a meandering  way of finding a nice country pub for a pie and a pint on the way home. Not what you are going to want!


What you really need to do is have a quiet word with whoever is booking your hotels. Introduce them to a map while you're at it.

[tigers_gonads]

Thanks for the info lads 

Another question for that Taxi Al bloke if anybody knows how to get hold of him 

Coming back in the morning, am I better off coming off the A23 at Handcross and using the B roads back to the digs ?

What's the A275 like ?
Worth it ?

There is no J10 Nbound exit, so you'll have to come off at Handcross. The B2036 and necessary other roads on that route are all decent fast country roads, and you'll only be on them for a few miles.


The A275 is a meandering  way of finding a nice country pub for a pie and a pint on the way home. Not what you are going to want!


What you really need to do is have a quiet word with whoever is booking your hotels. Introduce them to a map while you're at it.

Its a young girl with a telephone, a computer and a Google maps 

The office has a list of hotels graded 1 to 3 (discounts / set prices that the firm get)
Protocol is, ring around the cheapest list first and find one that Google maps says is within 1 travelling hours distance and go from there 
If they cant find one with breakfast, you get £3.50 for it as long as you send a receipt in and the tossers don't loose it 
In other words, they are a bunch of oppswits and haven't got a clue 
Job wise, you have to accept the job, the accommodation details come much later.
If you pull off a job without what they call a good reason, you get billed for with me been the driver, everybody's rooms and the hire car fees 

JOYS OF ZERO HOUR WORK EH 

Right, off darn sarf ................. southerners beware of a grey 65 plate Picasso been driven rather erratically by a well pissed off northerner 

Thanks Lads and see yeh next week 

[Doctor Gollum]

Take the most direct and easiest route.
Put the details into the talking box, see what it's says then add 15minutes.

Remember Dr golham knows a taxi driver, and they go up and round wills mothers, to try and save a mile 

Tell you what, can go that way home from work... will do the B road route tomorrow and the motorway one on Monday, both at same time, leaving the Europa at 6 am... Times and distances to follow

Right, results as follows:

Southbound from hotel to A23 sliproad at top of Handcross Hill...

1. B2036/2110: 7 minutes/5.6 miles.
2. M23 via J10: 10 minutes/9.7 miles.(Traffic will easily double this time).

Northbound from A23 sliproad at top of Handcross Hill to hotel...
1. B2110/2036: 8 minutes 5.7 miles.

Only thing I will add is don't dick about at the B2036/2110 junction as it's about 75m the wrong side of a blind crest and the B2036 isn't the slowest of roads.

Have fun amongst the loons

[tigers_gonads]

Take the most direct and easiest route.
Put the details into the talking box, see what it's says then add 15minutes.

Remember Dr golham knows a taxi driver, and they go up and round wills mothers, to try and save a mile 

Tell you what, can go that way home from work... will do the B road route tomorrow and the motorway one on Monday, both at same time, leaving the Europa at 6 am... Times and distances to follow

Right, results as follows:

Southbound from hotel to A23 sliproad at top of Handcross Hill...

1. B2036/2110: 7 minutes/5.6 miles.
2. M23 via J10: 10 minutes/9.7 miles.(Traffic will easily double this time).

Northbound from A23 sliproad at top of Handcross Hill to hotel...
1. B2110/2036: 8 minutes 5.7 miles.

Only thing I will add is don't dick about at the B2036/2110 junction as it's about 75m the wrong side of a blind crest and the B2036 isn't the slowest of roads.

Have fun amongst the loons

Well I made it back with me, the passengers and car in one piece 
Great bit of road and by yesterday, i'd got to know it very well and could normally do it in under 10 minutes in the Picasso  providing you don't end up behind a lycra clad nut job  ,  then your stuffed 
Must say that these new Picasso's are actually a pretty good bus and very comfy too 

7 Friggin hours to get back to mine including nearly 2 hours to get to the M1 
And that was with only 2 15 minute pish stops too 

Oh well, that's the end of Newhaven Harbour for a week or so 
Next week its 4, 12 hour nightshifts in a Boots in Coventry with a bed at the Chace Hotel, Toll Bar End, Coventry 

Should get back home (if the traffic is good to me  ) by 9am Friday morning 

Sadly, its back on the road with the bus, back to Gatwick / Newhaven on the Saturday night / Sunday morning ready for a 7pm start on Sunday evening 

[biggriffin]

Take the most direct and easiest route.
Put the details into the talking box, see what it's says then add 15minutes.

Remember Dr golham knows a taxi driver, and they go up and round wills mothers, to try and save a mile 

Tell you what, can go that way home from work... will do the B road route tomorrow and the motorway one on Monday, both at same time, leaving the Europa at 6 am... Times and distances to follow

Right, results as follows:

Southbound from hotel to A23 sliproad at top of Handcross Hill...

1. B2036/2110: 7 minutes/5.6 miles.
2. M23 via J10: 10 minutes/9.7 miles.(Traffic will easily double this time).

Northbound from A23 sliproad at top of Handcross Hill to hotel...
1. B2110/2036: 8 minutes 5.7 miles.

Only thing I will add is don't dick about at the B2036/2110 junction as it's about 75m the wrong side of a blind crest and the B2036 isn't the slowest of roads.

Have fun amongst the loons

Well I made it back with me, the passengers and car in one piece 
Great bit of road and by yesterday, i'd got to know it very well and could normally do it in under 10 minutes in the Picasso  providing you don't end up behind a lycra clad nut job  ,  then your stuffed 
Must say that these new Picasso's are actually a pretty good bus and very comfy too 

7 Friggin hours to get back to mine including nearly 2 hours to get to the M1 
And that was with only 2 15 minute pish stops too 

Oh well, that's the end of Newhaven Harbour for a week or so 
Next week its 4, 12 hour nightshifts in a Boots in Coventry with a bed at the Chace Hotel, Toll Bar End, Coventry 

Should get back home (if the traffic is good to me  ) by 9am Friday morning 

Sadly, its back on the road with the bus, back to Gatwick / Newhaven on the Saturday night / Sunday morning ready for a 7pm start on Sunday evening 

Should have used A1 on a Friday. M1 was knackard, most of Friday 8-9, then 11-14 and the usual 15-17 then 23-25.

[tigers_gonads]

Take the most direct and easiest route.
Put the details into the talking box, see what it's says then add 15minutes.

Remember Dr golham knows a taxi driver, and they go up and round wills mothers, to try and save a mile 

Tell you what, can go that way home from work... will do the B road route tomorrow and the motorway one on Monday, both at same time, leaving the Europa at 6 am... Times and distances to follow

Right, results as follows:

Southbound from hotel to A23 sliproad at top of Handcross Hill...

1. B2036/2110: 7 minutes/5.6 miles.
2. M23 via J10: 10 minutes/9.7 miles.(Traffic will easily double this time).

Northbound from A23 sliproad at top of Handcross Hill to hotel...
1. B2110/2036: 8 minutes 5.7 miles.

Only thing I will add is don't dick about at the B2036/2110 junction as it's about 75m the wrong side of a blind crest and the B2036 isn't the slowest of roads.

Have fun amongst the loons

Well I made it back with me, the passengers and car in one piece 
Great bit of road and by yesterday, i'd got to know it very well and could normally do it in under 10 minutes in the Picasso  providing you don't end up behind a lycra clad nut job  ,  then your stuffed 
Must say that these new Picasso's are actually a pretty good bus and very comfy too 

7 Friggin hours to get back to mine including nearly 2 hours to get to the M1 
And that was with only 2 15 minute pish stops too 

Oh well, that's the end of Newhaven Harbour for a week or so 
Next week its 4, 12 hour nightshifts in a Boots in Coventry with a bed at the Chace Hotel, Toll Bar End, Coventry 

Should get back home (if the traffic is good to me  ) by 9am Friday morning 

Sadly, its back on the road with the bus, back to Gatwick / Newhaven on the Saturday night / Sunday morning ready for a 7pm start on Sunday evening 

Should have used A1 on a Friday. M1 was knackard, most of Friday 8-9, then 11-14 and the usual 15-17 then 23-25.

Is the M25 anti clockwise and the M1 normally like that on a Friday ?

I'll be leaving Newhaven a week on Friday at 7am and need to get home asap because i'm going away with the van the next day.
Is it better to head north then carry on anti clockwise and travel up the M11 / A1 / A46 / A15 ect ?
This time, I went back for breakfast and a couple of hours sleep before entering the M25 clockwise but open to any advise from the drivers and those lads who live around there 

I'm open to heading straight home at 7am as long as I can get a sandwich and a coffee on the way if it works out better 

[Nick W]

Is the M25 anti clockwise and the M1 normally like that on a Friday ?

I'll be leaving Newhaven a week on Friday at 7am and need to get home asap because i'm going away with the van the next day.
Is it better to head north then carry on anti clockwise and travel up the M11 / A1 / A46 / A15 ect ?
This time, I went back for breakfast and a couple of hours sleep before entering the M25 clockwise but open to any advise from the drivers and those lads who live around there 

I'm open to heading straight home at 7am as long as I can get a sandwich and a coffee on the way if it works out better 

2 hours from the M23 to the M1 during the busy part of the day? Sounds normal to me, although going anti-clockwise might save you 20minutes. Getting from Newhaven to the M25 without using the M23 is likely to add another hour to that.

[tigers_gonads]

Is the M25 anti clockwise and the M1 normally like that on a Friday ?

I'll be leaving Newhaven a week on Friday at 7am and need to get home asap because i'm going away with the van the next day.
Is it better to head north then carry on anti clockwise and travel up the M11 / A1 / A46 / A15 ect ?
This time, I went back for breakfast and a couple of hours sleep before entering the M25 clockwise but open to any advise from the drivers and those lads who live around there 

I'm open to heading straight home at 7am as long as I can get a sandwich and a coffee on the way if it works out better 

2 hours from the M23 to the M1 during the busy part of the day? Sounds normal to me, although going anti-clockwise might save you 20minutes. Getting from Newhaven to the M25 without using the M23 is likely to add another hour to that.

Thinking M23 -- M25 anti clockwise -- M11 -- A1 Nick 

[zirk]

7 Friggin hours to get back to mine including nearly 2 hours to get to the M1 
And that was with only 2 15 minute pish stops too 

Took me just over 4 hours to get from Croydon to Chingford yesterday. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Is the M25 anti clockwise and the M1 normally like that on a Friday ?

I'll be leaving Newhaven a week on Friday at 7am and need to get home asap because i'm going away with the van the next day.
Is it better to head north then carry on anti clockwise and travel up the M11 / A1 / A46 / A15 ect ?
This time, I went back for breakfast and a couple of hours sleep before entering the M25 clockwise but open to any advise from the drivers and those lads who live around there 

I'm open to heading straight home at 7am as long as I can get a sandwich and a coffee on the way if it works out better 

2 hours from the M23 to the M1 during the busy part of the day? Sounds normal to me, although going anti-clockwise might save you 20minutes. Getting from Newhaven to the M25 without using the M23 is likely to add another hour to that.

Thinking M23 -- M25 anti clockwise -- M11 -- A1 Nick 

Gatwick to Dartford can take at least as long as getting to Heathrow...
Weekday M25 needs to be done before 6 or after 8:30/9

[zirk]

Is the M25 anti clockwise and the M1 normally like that on a Friday ?

I'll be leaving Newhaven a week on Friday at 7am and need to get home asap because i'm going away with the van the next day.
Is it better to head north then carry on anti clockwise and travel up the M11 / A1 / A46 / A15 ect ?
This time, I went back for breakfast and a couple of hours sleep before entering the M25 clockwise but open to any advise from the drivers and those lads who live around there 

I'm open to heading straight home at 7am as long as I can get a sandwich and a coffee on the way if it works out better 

2 hours from the M23 to the M1 during the busy part of the day? Sounds normal to me, although going anti-clockwise might save you 20minutes. Getting from Newhaven to the M25 without using the M23 is likely to add another hour to that.

Thinking M23 -- M25 anti clockwise -- M11 -- A1 Nick 

Gatwick to Dartford can take at least as long as getting to Heathrow...
Weekday M25 needs to be done before 6 or after 8:30/9

Or you could pop into London and pop out the other side,......     if you fancy a long weekend away.