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[NorthernRaider]

(11 January 2012, 14:06)bigpaul Wrote: do you mean just Motorways or some A roads as well?? in our case we would just dig out the maps(1 set kept permanently in the car) and find an alternative route using the back country roads & lanes.

According to the AA that puts you with the less than 1% of motorists who (A) Have a map in the car (B) Can read one © Can apply its information to navigation (D) Trust themselves to vary their route.
Course of a couple of truckers try the sdame as they so frequently do the B & c roads soon get clogged with stuck HGVs.

Just think if the A303 m6 area, M6 and M4 meeting points, M25 to A1and M1, Spagetti Junction area, M18 toA1m type areas got clogged during either a bank holiday or SHTF situation !!

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What a wild time I had coming back from Exeter about 5 or 6 years ago , We chose to drive home to the Norrth East without touching a motorway and avoiding dual carriage ways when possible, Gosh it was hard and a 7 hour trip took nearly 15 hours. Worthwhile trying though cos its what persuaded me to put a mattrass in the van, porta loo, more water, more food, sleeping bags etc.