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Originally Posted by chazzyb
Rather than using the motorway all the way, why don't you allow a couple of hours longer, plot a nice route and do some more interesting A-road hacking? Or take the train, or a coach. Jeez, did I really say that?  |
I've kind of explored these options
I'll be going up Friday evening, probably after spending most of the evening quaffing expensive coffee in Soho with the rest of the Massive, so it'll be dark . . . and I'll be coming back Sunday evening . . . so it'll be dark
The wife & kids are going up in the motor and staying the week at her mums (it's half-term), I could go one-way, but I have to get back for work on Monday. Train is rediculously expensive as well as slow. National Express is £9 one way, and takes about the same time as the train !, but it's still a bl**dy coach
I idly thought that if I stuck to the A1 it wouldn't be too bad - get a few roundabouts to break up the monotony, etc. I guess there are a few 24hr service stations for a p** and coffee, although I haven't been up the A1 for years . . .
Anything rather than public transport
