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Shrewsbury (A) for those going; travel, parking and pubs
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It's a lovely town - you'll enjoy it.TEL said: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.
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M11/A14/A1 right up to the M62 and head West.golfaddick said:
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.Alwaysneil said:
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.golfaddick said:
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.redman said: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.
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.
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.
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.
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That time of the month, golfie ?golfaddick said:
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.Alwaysneil said:
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.golfaddick said:
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.redman said: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.
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.
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.6 -
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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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
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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....0 -
Roll on tomorrow buzzing bring it on1
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J 21 is near Leicester Forest Services not J 23.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.golfaddick said:
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.redman said: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.
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Are golfie and elfsborg the same personFanny Fanackapan said:
That time of the month, golfie ?golfaddick said:
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.Alwaysneil said:
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.golfaddick said:
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.redman said: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.
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.
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.-1 -
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NO! This is a signkimbo said:We went today and are staying overnight in Shrewsbury. This is a sign!
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8d/44/a2/8d44a268a59684921023a685f64fa370.jpg
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So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.bobmunro said:
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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.0 -
No......lol.Fanny Fanackapan said:
That time of the month, golfie ?golfaddick said:
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.Alwaysneil said:
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.golfaddick said:
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.redman said: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.
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.
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.
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.0 -
Miles of 50mph speed limits when I used the M6 on Monday. Stupid smart motorway 'upgrades'.golfaddick said:
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.bobmunro said:
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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.0 -
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.golfaddick said:
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.bobmunro said:
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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
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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.RedPanda said:
Miles of 50mph speed limits when I used the M6 on Monday. Stupid smart motorway 'upgrades'.golfaddick said:
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.bobmunro said:
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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.0 -
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.bobmunro said:
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.golfaddick said:
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.bobmunro said:
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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.0 -
Yes the Heathrow stretch is where it could go tits up - but Sunday isn’t Friday.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
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.golfaddick said:
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.bobmunro said:
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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
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!
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Bob its on you going 25 40 42 6 54 75 90 95 and 43bobmunro said:
Yes the Heathrow stretch is where it could go tits up - but Sunday isn’t Friday.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
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.golfaddick said:
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.bobmunro said:
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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
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!1 -
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I’m emigrating if the M40 is bad tomorrow.clb74 said:
Bob its on you going 25 40 42 6 54 75 90 95 and 43bobmunro said:
Yes the Heathrow stretch is where it could go tits up - but Sunday isn’t Friday.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
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.golfaddick said:
So could the M40. Sorry, like last week I'll be going M1,M6.bobmunro said:
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.Covered End said:
Via M1/M6 is 195 miles but could easily take much longer.
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!
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Use “waze” navigation app , it’s mustard 9/10 it’ll take the quickest route , I swear by it0
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golfaddick said:
No......lol.Fanny Fanackapan said:
That time of the month, golfie ?golfaddick said:
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.Alwaysneil said:
J23 is indeed a long way up and if that’s where it is shut then getting to m6 from M1 should be ok.golfaddick said:
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.bobmunro said:
M1 Junction 23A-24 definitely closed all weekend. M6 is Junction 19 and I can't imagine the queues would be back that far.golfaddick said:
Anyway to check this ? Was going to do M25, M1, M6, M54 route. Never liked the M40 etc way.redman said: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.
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.
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.
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.
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Biggin Hill to Sleap for me.
90 minutes, then a cab into Shrewsbury.
M6 my arse.0 -
Addickted said:
Biggin Hill to Sleap for me.
90 minutes, then a cab into Shrewsbury.
M6 my arse.
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Obviously not used by our away following!!!!!!!!!!oohaahmortimer said:Use “waze” navigation app , it’s mustard 9/10 it’ll take the quickest route , I swear by it
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guide to parking at STFC 2017/18:
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
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Wild pig for me also known as elfsborg1
