It's That Time Again

[riyadhcrew]

Hello All,

Wife went to the airport early this morning for her flights to Bali and the girls and I will be off to the airport tonight for our flights to Edinburgh. Packing is almost finished and then we wait for the taxi at 9.30pm.

If all goes well, it is four and a half hours to Istanbul - a short wait in the airport - then another four hours to Edinburgh. Six days at home to visit family and friends and then an 8 hour drive down to Norfolk for a week on Fair Chancellor and to see everyone attending the Summer Meet at Oulton Broad.

Excitement is rising. BRING IT ON!!!

[BroadScot]

As ever Eric, have a safe and stress free journey. 

Iain

[deebee29]

Have a safe Journey Eric and enjoy your time over here.

[Bound2Please]

safe journey Eric and girls

Charlie

[Gracie]

Yep, same from me, have a good journey and stay safe

Make sure you don't forget your wallet and credit cards, the girls won't be best pleased if you forget them, now would they? Look at it like this, this girls are doing you a favour, your wallet won't be so heavy on the way home 

Grace

[riyadhcrew]

It might not be so heavy Grace, but it is soaking wet with the tears. 

[riyadhcrew]

Time to finish getting ready, so computer is going off now. Should be back on day after tomorrow in Kirkcaldy.

[MauriceMynah]

I look forwards  to meeting you Eric.

[TheQ]

Hope you got home safely and enjoy your holiday, It was always a huge relief to touch down in the UK. I'll be just across the water at Bo'ness on Friday night, but after a huge 14 hours in Scotland it'll be time to be on the way back here to Norfolk.

[Bound2Please]

i to look forward to meeting you Eric

Charlie

[riyadhcrew]

Hello peeps from a very wet Kirkcaldy. Good flights and no problems in getting here and picking up my rental car. Was going to go somewhere today, but the rain is chucking it down, so just sitting indoors at the moment to see if there is any improvement in the weather.

[ranworthbreeze]

Hi Eric,

Glad to hear that you and the girls have arrived safely, you should be used to the weather. I bet the girls are urging you to go shopping!

Regards

Alan 

[TheQ]

 I'm glad you arrived safely, had a pint of heavy yet?

It's Pretty soggy across here in Bo'ness, the journey from Norfolk wasn't good, very heavy traffic, a broken down Triumph Stag in the roadworks at Leeming. Lots of other road works and traffic everywhere.

[riyadhcrew]

Hi Q,

No pints yet, but that will be remedied this evening. Tks for the update on the traffic. I am still trying to make up my mind which way to go - A1 or M74/A66. Will see on Wednesday, as travelling down on Thursday to overnight at the Wayford Bridge Inn.

If anyone has any suggestions, please post them.

[TheQ]

Other than hitting rush hour traffic at 17:30 on the M80 Cumbernauld  the A74 route was generally clear until the A66 / A1 junction. From there on every major junction had huge tailbacks, the A17 A1 junction had several miles of tailbacks, which I avoided by coming up through the old junction at Coddington.

As  I will be traveling during the day again today I'm seriously considering going all the way down to Manchester and going across the M62 to the M18 M180 then Lincoln A15 to Sleaford ( having had to work at RAF Scampton and RAF Coningsby in know my way round the outside of the traffic jam that is Lincoln.)

If I was travelling overnight I'd use the M74 / A66 / A1 route, there are major road works on the Newcastle bypass, the A1 improvements have mostly moved up from the Leeming area to the RAF Catterick area and northwards up to and beyond the A66.

Oh in yesterday's post I said the Triumph Stag broke down in the Leeming A1 road works it wasn't it was in the Catterick A1 road works.

[TheQ]

Ha, just had a look at traffic England and one carriage way of the M62 is closed junctions 22 to 24 they really know how to stuff my journey.....

[TheQ]

My on line navigator is recommending A74,  A66, A1, M62,  M18, M180, A15, Lincoln,  Sleaford A17 so that what I'm going to try.... I'll let you know what happend in many long hours time....

[grendel]

I use google maps with the traffic layer turned on - usually a very good indication of the traffic conditions.

 

[Hylander]

Grendel please how do you turn the traffic layer on.   I cannot see the option at the moment.

[ZimbiIV]

The road works on the A1 Newcastle/Gateshead are finished 50mph limit.

paul

[ChrisB]

What a good job Eric and family travelled mid week. It was not too stable at Ataturk Airport last night.

[BroadScot]

Morning Eric,

Another route I have taken is down all of the M6 to Junction 1 for Lutterworth. Head for Market Harborough and across the Fens to Wisbech and Kings Lynn. Alternatively head for the A11 one off the M6/ M1.

Its longer but can prove quicker. Overall though I would go M74 M6 A66 A1M A17 A47. Aint they lucky if live just a few hours from Norfolk!

Iain

[riyadhcrew]

Thanks for all the comments peeps. I'm thinking it will be the M74 way on Thursday morning. If I leave before 6.00am, I will be through to the motorways before rush hour.

[grendel]

the traffic layer on my computer is click the menu on the left and select traffic. then the speed of traffic shows red for slow green for normal.

 

[Hylander]

Will give it a go.