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The Valley to Heathrow

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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    clb74 said:

    Put your foot down siv
    Tell the missus once she has picked her cousin up to pick you up from the pub after

    And to expect a right hander if we lose.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    Siv_in_Norfolk said:

    All good advice, dudes

    I'll let you know how I get on

    The Mrs assures me that my nuts are on the line if we aren't there to pick up her cousin when she walks out at arrivals

    I was hoping to at least blag it and send her a message saying "on our way... meet at costa" or some such....

    ... but that approach seems not to work

    Really? If it was my missus and it was her cousin and she told me my nuts were on the line I'd be inclined to tell her to pick her fucking cousin up herself of it was that important. What is it, a fucking state visit?
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,790
    I think you'll be alright as long as you get away sharpish. A2, M25 definitely the best way. As someone else has said, you could leave 5 minutes early to be sure but I think you'll be ok anyway.
  • addickson
    addickson Posts: 891
    A quick call to Border Control about a suspected drugs mule, jobs a good un
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    SE10Addick said:

    You could make it - Jubilee to Baker Street, Bakerloo to Paddington, express to Heathrow, but would mean on getting to North Greenwich on time.

    By car at that time of the day you have no chance.

    My route in a hurry.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,336
    Leave at half time. Go to Heathrow. Sing "we want Roland out" at Heathrow. Find a huge group of Brexiteers joining you and singing "we want Poland out". Avoid arrivals on the Warsaw flight. Get on BBC News.
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    More good stuff in here

    Flight left 40 mins late and is due to arrive 3 mins early..... sooooo..... am still right on the line....

    Gonna get on the road from Norfolk. Still intend to go..... buuuuut.... might have to leave 5 mins early for the first time ever.

    I have to do the driving as Chinese only get a year of grace with their own license in the UK (quite generous, actually). She hasn't yet passed the UK test. So... I have to do it. And yes... to the Chinese a family visit IS like a state visit.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    My son flies out to Beijing at 5 today. Misses the football, but I will be at the Valley. I hate the drive to Hea5hrow, whichever way I go I wish I had gone the other way, he will do train and tube which is what I always do these days.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Give the football a miss then siv your not really gonna enjoy it as your mind will be thinking about the drive after the game .
    My wife would sort it out herself though but this would be due to me moaning about the traffic and me screaming this is f@cking ballacks this would also be before I've started the car up after the game.
    Anyway have a nice day just pre book hotel room at Heathrow for tonight that way if your late you got somewhere to sleep tonight.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,223
    But wait till Crossrail comes in. We will be spoiled. Woolwich to Heathrow in 50 mins.
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  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    Traffic around Bluewater may be bad
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,621
    newyorkaddick said:

    Traffic around Bluewater may be bad

    Most shopping centres seem to be relatively empty so far. I've been driving straight into car parks that in previous years I've had to queue right down the road to get in to. Everybody has been buying on line
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    The lure of footy is too strong

    Should ditch it, but can't

    Btw... different websites are saying different things about arrival time. Which is most reliable?

    Eh Google says diff to Heathrow website
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I always go to the BAA/Heathrow site for arrivals and find it pretty accurate. Need to know the flight number, and handy to know where the flight is from (my son changes at Copenhagen this time) and the airline company.
    If it is a direct flight I suspect it will be terminal 5 which is pretty efficient moving passengers through.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Siv_in_Norfolk said:

    The lure of footy is too strong

    Should ditch it, but can't

    Btw... different websites are saying different things about arrival time. Which is most reliable?

    Eh Google says diff to Heathrow website

    Good luck siv I hope you see Christmas.
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    newyorkaddick said:

    Traffic around Bluewater may be bad

    could avoid this by using the A20
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    M25 all clear ATM. Gonna chance leaving on 80
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    Easy easy easy
  • Beardface
    Beardface Posts: 1,128
    Siv_in_Norfolk said:

    Easy easy easy

    That's no way to talk about your mother in law @Siv_in_Norfolk
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    Left on 70 mins, after we went 2 down and subs were made.

    Was in car by 4.35 and at Heathrow for 6pm.
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  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,848
    Siv_in_Norfolk said:

    Left on 70 mins, after we went 2 down and subs were made.

    Was in car by 4.35 and at Heathrow for 6pm.

    So that's why we were so crap on Saturday.

    KR wanted to make it easy for you to leave early, it's obvious now

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