M25 on a Friday morning - best time to hit

Going to the eXcel MCN show tomorrow I'll be doing the M25 between J10 (A3(M)) and J2 (A2).

The show starts at 10am ... I am trying to work out what times I REALLY should avoid the M25...

So for the M25 regulars, what is my best window?

I was thinking of hitting the M25 at say 7:30am in the hope it will be quieter ... but that might be the worst time for all I know and I am better off hitting it at 9am????

HELP!!

Later the better.

To be honest it's about the same from 06:30 to about 11:00.

I tried lots of different combo's and never found a pattern at that time of the morning.

[SoulKiss]

Dont.

Use the A25 instead

Dont try the A3 - its useless any time, day or night.

Agreed, A25.

Its gonna take you longer, but its a fairly nice road. Takes you through some nice villages.

I appreciate that I will get traffic ... but I don't mind rolling along at say 50mph, I just want to avoid stop-start type congestion as that is horrid!

oh and A25 is slow and annoying if you are trying to get somewhere!!

You should be fine then. The only time it was horrid for me was Friday evenings from 4pm onwards.

I do A3 (Jn 10) + M25 every day

Are you going to be on the bike or car ?

You'll have heavy traffic from Guildford onwards, but it will be moving although very slow at that time - I usually hit Jn 10 around 7:30 to 8:00.
Once you're on the M25 you should be OK as it's usually pretty free flowing in that direction, although will be busy, especially as you get nearer Jn 2

If you're on the bike you'll be laughing, as long as you don't mind filtering for 50 miles

Don't forget to wave as you go past

Originally Posted by Mr Toad

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I'll be in the car ... I wouldn't be asking the question if I was on the bike

Ok, so when is Guildford nicest? <7am?

I usually find that Friday mornings are the quietest time of the week, so I'd guess you'll be reasonably OK.