Just arrived. I’m camping at Cartref camp site about 5 miles from the ground. Lovely rural area. Will get a taxi into Shrewsbury in the morning and spend the day there before heading to the game. From what I’ve heard, it hasn’t yet sold out for home fans.
My wife yesterday saw that stretch of M1 was going to be shut from last night to 3pm on Sunday. I can't find the info now but google is reporting long tail backs on m1 today. Alternative routes would be M40 or M11/A14.
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.
If this is the case I think M1, M6 should be ok. I do not want to disparage anyone's OH / wife etc but sometimes I think people have a problem with geography. J23 of M1 is around Leicester Forest services & miles away from where we're going. I remember seeing signs saying congestion ahead as we reached J19 last week & it had no affect on us at all. See my previous post re Rochdale. Unless you were coming from Leeds last week I fail to see how anyone could have got stuck in the traffic on the M62.
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.
You get stuck in traffic on the M62 if you decide to carry on up the M11 and onto the A1M because I he M1 is busy and, when you set off, no tosser has had an oxygen lorry explode on the mortorway.
But why would you want to go up the M11 in the first place ?? M11 heads N/E towards Cambridge but Rochdale is in the N/W. Also the A1 is a terrible road. Too many roundabouts & stretches of just 2 lanes.
As for the poster whi said he doesn't know why they went that way as he wasn't driving - maybe try lifting your head out of your phone & take an interst in whats outside the window.
M11/A14/A1 right up to the M62 and head West.
Pretty standard route for North Manchester, avoiding all the Brirmingham and Manchester traffic, the heavy traffic heading up the M1 and I'd love you to tell me where the roundabouts are on the A1 because we must have driven straight over the top of them.
The two roundabouts at Grantham and Nottingham are long gone.
My wife yesterday saw that stretch of M1 was going to be shut from last night to 3pm on Sunday. I can't find the info now but google is reporting long tail backs on m1 today. Alternative routes would be M40 or M11/A14.
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.
If this is the case I think M1, M6 should be ok. I do not want to disparage anyone's OH / wife etc but sometimes I think people have a problem with geography. J23 of M1 is around Leicester Forest services & miles away from where we're going. I remember seeing signs saying congestion ahead as we reached J19 last week & it had no affect on us at all. See my previous post re Rochdale. Unless you were coming from Leeds last week I fail to see how anyone could have got stuck in the traffic on the M62.
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.
You get stuck in traffic on the M62 if you decide to carry on up the M11 and onto the A1M because I he M1 is busy and, when you set off, no tosser has had an oxygen lorry explode on the mortorway.
But why would you want to go up the M11 in the first place ?? M11 heads N/E towards Cambridge but Rochdale is in the N/W. Also the A1 is a terrible road. Too many roundabouts & stretches of just 2 lanes.
As for the poster whi said he doesn't know why they went that way as he wasn't driving - maybe try lifting your head out of your phone & take an interst in whats outside the window.
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
I will be mid-air for all but the last 15-minutes odd of this game. Good news is that’ll all but guarantee a good showing for around 75-mins, but squeaky bums for the end whilst I frantically check the game-thread or the bbc for the scorings....
My wife yesterday saw that stretch of M1 was going to be shut from last night to 3pm on Sunday. I can't find the info now but google is reporting long tail backs on m1 today. Alternative routes would be M40 or M11/A14.
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.
If this is the case I think M1, M6 should be ok. I do not want to disparage anyone's OH / wife etc but sometimes I think people have a problem with geography. J23 of M1 is around Leicester Forest services & miles away from where we're going. I remember seeing signs saying congestion ahead as we reached J19 last week & it had no affect on us at all. See my previous post re Rochdale. Unless you were coming from Leeds last week I fail to see how anyone could have got stuck in the traffic on the M62.
My wife yesterday saw that stretch of M1 was going to be shut from last night to 3pm on Sunday. I can't find the info now but google is reporting long tail backs on m1 today. Alternative routes would be M40 or M11/A14.
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.
If this is the case I think M1, M6 should be ok. I do not want to disparage anyone's OH / wife etc but sometimes I think people have a problem with geography. J23 of M1 is around Leicester Forest services & miles away from where we're going. I remember seeing signs saying congestion ahead as we reached J19 last week & it had no affect on us at all. See my previous post re Rochdale. Unless you were coming from Leeds last week I fail to see how anyone could have got stuck in the traffic on the M62.
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.
You get stuck in traffic on the M62 if you decide to carry on up the M11 and onto the A1M because I he M1 is busy and, when you set off, no tosser has had an oxygen lorry explode on the mortorway.
But why would you want to go up the M11 in the first place ?? M11 heads N/E towards Cambridge but Rochdale is in the N/W. Also the A1 is a terrible road. Too many roundabouts & stretches of just 2 lanes.
As for the poster whi said he doesn't know why they went that way as he wasn't driving - maybe try lifting your head out of your phone & take an interst in whats outside the window.
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.
My wife yesterday saw that stretch of M1 was going to be shut from last night to 3pm on Sunday. I can't find the info now but google is reporting long tail backs on m1 today. Alternative routes would be M40 or M11/A14.
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.
If this is the case I think M1, M6 should be ok. I do not want to disparage anyone's OH / wife etc but sometimes I think people have a problem with geography. J23 of M1 is around Leicester Forest services & miles away from where we're going. I remember seeing signs saying congestion ahead as we reached J19 last week & it had no affect on us at all. See my previous post re Rochdale. Unless you were coming from Leeds last week I fail to see how anyone could have got stuck in the traffic on the M62.
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.
You get stuck in traffic on the M62 if you decide to carry on up the M11 and onto the A1M because I he M1 is busy and, when you set off, no tosser has had an oxygen lorry explode on the mortorway.
But why would you want to go up the M11 in the first place ?? M11 heads N/E towards Cambridge but Rochdale is in the N/W. Also the A1 is a terrible road. Too many roundabouts & stretches of just 2 lanes.
As for the poster whi said he doesn't know why they went that way as he wasn't driving - maybe try lifting your head out of your phone & take an interst in whats outside the window.
That time of the month, golfie ?
No......lol. I''ve driven a fair bit around Britain & if I was heading just west of Wolverhampton I wouldn't be going via Oxford, just like I wouldn't head up the M11 to go to Manchester. I may be proved wrong tomorrow, but I'll take my chances.
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.
Miles of 50mph speed limits when I used the M6 on Monday. Stupid smart motorway 'upgrades'.
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.
Yes it could - but on the balance of probability the M40 is less likely to be snarled up than the M1 - and that is based on literally hundreds of journeys over the years using both options.
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.
Miles of 50mph speed limits when I used the M6 on Monday. Stupid smart motorway 'upgrades'.
From my experience last week the 50 mph restrictions were mainly from J15/16 onwards. Not much up to Wolves, which is where we'll be turning off.
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.
Yes it could - but on the balance of probability the M40 is less likely to be snarled up than the M1 - and that is based on literally hundreds of journeys over the years using both options.
Most probably. I suppose my reluctance is that travelling from Swanley it is easier & quicker to get onto the M1 than going the longer way round the M25 to the M40.......and the bit round Heathrow is always a nitemare. Also yesterday there was almost an hours delay from J13 -16. I was lucky as I was going down the M3 but caught the tail end of it as it backed up.
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.
Yes it could - but on the balance of probability the M40 is less likely to be snarled up than the M1 - and that is based on literally hundreds of journeys over the years using both options.
Most probably. I suppose my reluctance is that travelling from Swanley it is easier & quicker to get onto the M1 than going the longer way round the M25 to the M40.......and the bit round Heathrow is always a nitemare. Also yesterday there was almost an hours delay from J13 -16. I was lucky as I was going down the M3 but caught the tail end of it as it backed up.
Yes the Heathrow stretch is where it could go tits up - but Sunday isn’t Friday.
Also going M40 misses out the bottom section of the M6 which can be messy as well - the M42 leads pretty much straight to the toll road.
FFS - call myself a Charlton fan? Not a train in sight!
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.
Yes it could - but on the balance of probability the M40 is less likely to be snarled up than the M1 - and that is based on literally hundreds of journeys over the years using both options.
Most probably. I suppose my reluctance is that travelling from Swanley it is easier & quicker to get onto the M1 than going the longer way round the M25 to the M40.......and the bit round Heathrow is always a nitemare. Also yesterday there was almost an hours delay from J13 -16. I was lucky as I was going down the M3 but caught the tail end of it as it backed up.
Yes the Heathrow stretch is where it could go tits up - but Sunday isn’t Friday.
Also going M40 misses out the bottom section of the M6 which can be messy as well - the M42 leads pretty much straight to the toll road.
FFS - call myself a Charlton fan? Not a train in sight!
Bob its on you going 25 40 42 6 54 75 90 95 and 43
Came up the M40/M42/M6/M54 and took about three and a half hours despite the M25 being slow. Easy journey.
Yep - that's definitely the best way.
Bob, how long will your route take from Bromley please ?
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Head south to pick up the M25 and from the M25 it will take just over 3 hours. So add how long it takes you to go south to get to the M25 - total 210 miles.
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.
Yes it could - but on the balance of probability the M40 is less likely to be snarled up than the M1 - and that is based on literally hundreds of journeys over the years using both options.
Most probably. I suppose my reluctance is that travelling from Swanley it is easier & quicker to get onto the M1 than going the longer way round the M25 to the M40.......and the bit round Heathrow is always a nitemare. Also yesterday there was almost an hours delay from J13 -16. I was lucky as I was going down the M3 but caught the tail end of it as it backed up.
Yes the Heathrow stretch is where it could go tits up - but Sunday isn’t Friday.
Also going M40 misses out the bottom section of the M6 which can be messy as well - the M42 leads pretty much straight to the toll road.
FFS - call myself a Charlton fan? Not a train in sight!
Bob its on you going 25 40 42 6 54 75 90 95 and 43
My wife yesterday saw that stretch of M1 was going to be shut from last night to 3pm on Sunday. I can't find the info now but google is reporting long tail backs on m1 today. Alternative routes would be M40 or M11/A14.
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.
If this is the case I think M1, M6 should be ok. I do not want to disparage anyone's OH / wife etc but sometimes I think people have a problem with geography. J23 of M1 is around Leicester Forest services & miles away from where we're going. I remember seeing signs saying congestion ahead as we reached J19 last week & it had no affect on us at all. See my previous post re Rochdale. Unless you were coming from Leeds last week I fail to see how anyone could have got stuck in the traffic on the M62.
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.
You get stuck in traffic on the M62 if you decide to carry on up the M11 and onto the A1M because I he M1 is busy and, when you set off, no tosser has had an oxygen lorry explode on the mortorway.
But why would you want to go up the M11 in the first place ?? M11 heads N/E towards Cambridge but Rochdale is in the N/W. Also the A1 is a terrible road. Too many roundabouts & stretches of just 2 lanes.
As for the poster whi said he doesn't know why they went that way as he wasn't driving - maybe try lifting your head out of your phone & take an interst in whats outside the window.
That time of the month, golfie ?
No......lol. I''ve driven a fair bit around Britain & if I was heading just west of Wolverhampton I wouldn't be going via Oxford, just like I wouldn't head up the M11 to go to Manchester. I may be proved wrong tomorrow, but I'll take my chances.
I'm with @bobmunro on this one, the M6 is a nightmare at the best of times and I avoid it like the plague. From the North West heading South I will use either M40 or A50 / M1. Each to their own though.
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Pretty standard route for North Manchester, avoiding all the Brirmingham and Manchester traffic, the heavy traffic heading up the M1 and I'd love you to tell me where the roundabouts are on the A1 because we must have driven straight over the top of them.
The two roundabouts at Grantham and Nottingham are long gone.
(Where there's blame there's a claim)
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
Good news is that’ll all but guarantee a good showing for around 75-mins, but squeaky bums for the end whilst I frantically check the game-thread or the bbc for the scorings....
I''ve driven a fair bit around Britain & if I was heading just west of Wolverhampton I wouldn't be going via Oxford, just like I wouldn't head up the M11 to go to Manchester. I may be proved wrong tomorrow, but I'll take my chances.
Also going M40 misses out the bottom section of the M6 which can be messy as well - the M42 leads pretty much straight to the toll road.
FFS - call myself a Charlton fan? Not a train in sight!
90 minutes, then a cab into Shrewsbury.
M6 my arse.
https://www.shrewsburytown.com/siteassets/documents/tickets/wheretopark_a5.pdf
They give 6 solid parking options
Ground is a tenner
4 if them are a fiver
Charles Darwin is free if you eat/drink there pre game, but is longest walk at 20 mins