looks like i might have made a faux pas with the timings!!
i have to drive from portsmouth to watford... then from watford to folkestone. this week... any idea how long the drive will take me!! have to be at folkestone by 6pm.
i am not used to rush hour traffic.. we dont get one! (well we do.. it lasts about 15 minutes, so not technically a rush hour!!)
was hoping to spend a few hours break in watford before setting off again :(
so any helpful advice on liklihood of length of journey... and will it be effected by the olympics in any way?
cheers to all you real drivers!!! lol
------------- tina xx
mum to 5 kids
DD-20
DS-16
DD-14
DD-9
DS-3 and a half!
and a large, daft, black dog!!
and BEFORE anyone tries to slate me for not looking into it sooner... i did.. i google map-ped it.. but they reckon just over an hour and half to get to watford.. andjust under 2 hours to get from watford to folkestone.
but i have recently found out that it will take longer
------------- tina xx
mum to 5 kids
DD-20
DS-16
DD-14
DD-9
DS-3 and a half!
and a large, daft, black dog!!
It also varies a lot by day of week. The worst M25 car park scenarios I've ever sat in have mainly been Friday early afternoons - when everyone else is trying to get away before the rush.
When it gets bad it can be really, really bad. On one occasion it took me more than 2 hours to travel less than 2 junctions - at which point I gave up and came home! I checked later and there had been no major accidents - it was just traffic backing up from the Dartford crossing.
I would use south about on m25 as the Dartford crossing is very congested especially at 1600ish. I live in folkestone and travel frm Luton often, south about only adds about 10 miles. With no hold ups about 2hours.
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Topic: mainland traffic
