Kent to Dumfries on Thursday afternoon...wise idea?

Lots of snow overnight in Shroppie, I dug the car out this morning and then got stuck behind a snowplough. Roads should be clear by now though. Here in Scouseland there's about an inch and the whole city stops

[JamesMio]

Literally no change here all week, no new snow, but as the temp's never been above -7, none of the existing stuff has gone either.

Roads here are still nothing to worry about (main ones at least), whereabouts is it you're actually going - is it Dumfries itself or somewhere near by?

In between castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright.

[timwilky]

No Snow in Lancashire (but expected), I understand Cheshire and Cumbria have it. The M6 is likely to be a biatch

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by krhall

In between castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright.

Thats exactly the area I was heading for yesterday. They were due snow in that area yesterday, but dont know if it arrived or not.

Was thinking:

M25
M1
M6
M42
M6 Toll
...then finally A75.

Plan?

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

They were due snow in that area yesterday, but dont know if it arrived or not.

It was delayed by bad weather

Originally Posted by krhall

Was thinking:

M25
M1
M6
M42
M6 Toll
...then finally A75.

Plan?

There's a big chunk of M6 and M74 missing from your list but yes, that's a fair route. Depends where around London you are coming from though. The M40 is an easier motorway for hitting the M42/M6Toll if it makes sense for you at the M25 end. It's a fast flowing motorway too, M25 to M42 inside of an hour easy. If you are sitting in the middle lane at 90mph, you often won't be catching anyone, and you'll have Merc's, Porshes and Beemers sailing past you in lane 3.

If you are easier getting on the M1 at the London end, then M1, A1(M) and across the A66 to Penrith is a fairly good route especially if Birmingham to Preston is snarled up, but don't bother with it in this weather.

The other one I use sometimes as an escape route to avoid a Birmingham snarl up, is M1 up to East Midlands Airport, then the A50 over to Stoke On Trent.

I drove Worcestershire to Pembrokeshire yesterday, worst part was right at the end, the cottage we're staying in is in a steep hill, bit slippy to say the least!
I used the BBC traffic camera's, was able to check the M5 and M4 the whole way. Roads were not as bad as I was expecting.

Originally Posted by krhall

In between castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright.

Not really a lot in there....you staying on a farm or something?? You're only about half an hour away from me.