Richmond to Falmouth...which route - SV650.org

07-04-06, 02:49 PM

Richmond to Falmouth...

In car, day before Good Friday

I'd instinctively go back up to M4, then M5.
AA reckons M3 A303 then M5 at Exeter.

No point going by AA times I reckon due to traffic uncertanties on that particular day.

What would you guys do?

fizzwheel · 07-04-06, 02:55 PM

It'll be a cold day in hell that I would go anywhere near the A303 anywhere near Easter weekend it'll f*cking carnage.

07-04-06, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

It'll be a cold day in hell that I would go anywhere near the A303 anywhere near Easter weekend it'll f*cking carnage.

That was my thoughts TBH, however quicker its claimed to be.

fizzwheel · 07-04-06, 02:58 PM

The A303 is b*ll*cks at the best of times. Those single carrigeway bits past stone henge and the through chicklade just choke the whole damn thing up.

I've been along there on a normal friday evening on the way to Liz's house and had to filter through miles of stationary traffic. God know what that's going to be like on the day before good friday.

07-04-06, 03:23 PM

There's always the A30 nearby, but it's a bit err, village in places. Good for a pootle, but not if you are in a hurry.

I'm riding to Plymouth tomorrow and taking the A303 for most of the way. I intend to go over Dartmoor if I have time so I can chop out the tedious A38.

I reckon in a car, M4/M5/A38 etc. You can put the radio on and relax. On a bike, I'd prefer the shorter A303 where you can have some variation.

07-04-06, 05:58 PM

M4, M5 A30 from Exeter.... Forget the A38 the Glynn Valley after Dobwalls will be a pain. Take some sandwiches to while away the moments at the end of the Bodmin bypass where the Goss moor relief road is under construction but at the end of the Goss Moor there's a dual carriageway, from Indian Queens to Mitchell, passing MacDonalds on your right, frequented by unutterably unspeakable despotic tax gathering mobile camera opearators in small vans...... on the opposite carriageway looking backwards, as it were... hateful people... anyway, I digress. At the end of that bit of dual carriageway there's a roaundabout with a windmill farm on the northern side and the cheapest petrol (Shell) along the main roads of Cornwall just off the first exit, but you want the second to Truro and then on to Falmouth.
Take care as you approach the end of the Bodmin bypass as the traffic builds up quickly and the undulating road means that if one approaches as swiftly as one could one could come a cropper, or at least twitch in those places one would rather not twitch...! The final approach to the roundabout is uphill but the half-mile or so before that is downhill, and can sorely tax the front of an SV when it's full of stationary traffic....
The time of day will have a great effect............. I go down regularly and if I'm not going to have passed Exeter before 1500 then I'll aim to pass Exeter after 1800 as the traffic is very slow where the road improvements at Whiddon Down are well underway and miles of single lane 40mph stuff....
The A38 is a wonderful road and one can get carried away but if one does one is advised to watch the signs, especailly one saying Temple or Temple Fisheries, lovely wide flowing slightly uphill right between a wall of rock and then downhill into a sweeping open lefthander and uphill into a slight right...... you'll be on four wheels but if on two it can be deceptive if one is going far too fast and will certainly wake you up on an SV........... but then if you are that wound up you'll probably get photographed at Indian Queens....................
Cheers
HTH

07-04-06, 06:51 PM

Autoroute says....

A303 route = 262 miles, 4hrs 04mins
M4/M5 route = 290 miles, 4 hours 40mins

In real life, on that day, in a cage, I'd go via the motorway.

.

07-04-06, 06:55 PM

Cheers all and Addenuf...well, thanks

Looks like its one of us in car and me on bike

Fingers crossed

Fortunately I most often do this trip on the bike, which is thankfull at the Bodmin bit (albeit always cold on Bodmin).

07-04-06, 02:49 PM	#1
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	Richmond to Falmouth...which route Richmond to Falmouth... In car, day before Good Friday I'd instinctively go back up to M4, then M5. AA reckons M3 A303 then M5 at Exeter. No point going by AA times I reckon due to traffic uncertanties on that particular day. What would you guys do?

07-04-06, 02:55 PM	#2
fizzwheel Super Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,614	It'll be a cold day in hell that I would go anywhere near the A303 anywhere near Easter weekend it'll f*cking carnage. __________________ Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. K5 GSXR 750 Anniversary Edition

07-04-06, 02:58 PM	#4
fizzwheel Super Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,614	The A303 is bllcks at the best of times. Those single carrigeway bits past stone henge and the through chicklade just choke the whole damn thing up. I've been along there on a normal friday evening on the way to Liz's house and had to filter through miles of stationary traffic. God know what that's going to be like on the day before good friday. __________________ Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. K5 GSXR 750 Anniversary Edition

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07-04-06, 03:23 PM	#5
thor Guest Posts: n/a	There's always the A30 nearby, but it's a bit err, village in places. Good for a pootle, but not if you are in a hurry. I'm riding to Plymouth tomorrow and taking the A303 for most of the way. I intend to go over Dartmoor if I have time so I can chop out the tedious A38. I reckon in a car, M4/M5/A38 etc. You can put the radio on and relax. On a bike, I'd prefer the shorter A303 where you can have some variation.

07-04-06, 05:58 PM	#6
Addenuf Guest Posts: n/a	M4, M5 A30 from Exeter.... Forget the A38 the Glynn Valley after Dobwalls will be a pain. Take some sandwiches to while away the moments at the end of the Bodmin bypass where the Goss moor relief road is under construction but at the end of the Goss Moor there's a dual carriageway, from Indian Queens to Mitchell, passing MacDonalds on your right, frequented by unutterably unspeakable despotic tax gathering mobile camera opearators in small vans...... on the opposite carriageway looking backwards, as it were... hateful people... anyway, I digress. At the end of that bit of dual carriageway there's a roaundabout with a windmill farm on the northern side and the cheapest petrol (Shell) along the main roads of Cornwall just off the first exit, but you want the second to Truro and then on to Falmouth. Take care as you approach the end of the Bodmin bypass as the traffic builds up quickly and the undulating road means that if one approaches as swiftly as one could one could come a cropper, or at least twitch in those places one would rather not twitch...! The final approach to the roundabout is uphill but the half-mile or so before that is downhill, and can sorely tax the front of an SV when it's full of stationary traffic.... The time of day will have a great effect............. I go down regularly and if I'm not going to have passed Exeter before 1500 then I'll aim to pass Exeter after 1800 as the traffic is very slow where the road improvements at Whiddon Down are well underway and miles of single lane 40mph stuff.... The A38 is a wonderful road and one can get carried away but if one does one is advised to watch the signs, especailly one saying Temple or Temple Fisheries, lovely wide flowing slightly uphill right between a wall of rock and then downhill into a sweeping open lefthander and uphill into a slight right...... you'll be on four wheels but if on two it can be deceptive if one is going far too fast and will certainly wake you up on an SV........... but then if you are that wound up you'll probably get photographed at Indian Queens.................... Cheers HTH

07-04-06, 06:51 PM	#7
Jelster Guest Posts: n/a	Autoroute says.... A303 route = 262 miles, 4hrs 04mins M4/M5 route = 290 miles, 4 hours 40mins In real life, on that day, in a cage, I'd go via the motorway. .

07-04-06, 06:55 PM	#8
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	Cheers all and Addenuf...well, thanks Looks like its one of us in car and me on bike Fingers crossed Fortunately I most often do this trip on the bike, which is thankfull at the Bodmin bit (albeit always cold on Bodmin).