Figured this would be easier organised in a separate thread, since there's so many of us going up from this way.
I don't know about anyone else, but i'd rather get going at a decent time and not be arriving late. Earliest we can be at the campsite is 16:30 and we're looking at a 4.5 hour journey plus stops and traffic, so probably a total trip time of about 7 hours.
The plan so far is M3, M40, M6. Chris plans to take the toll road, but i daresay there'll be some who don't want to, so we can always split there and meet up on the other side.
On that basis, i'm thinking the following should about be right:
- Pompey/B'mouth/IOW/Southampton/Chichester lot can meet at Winchester Tescos for 10:00, to leave pretty much immediately.
- Up to Cherwell Valley services on the M40 for about 11:00 to meet up with the London lot and collect stragglers, then crack on by 11:30.
- Then to North Stafford services where we can the toll and non-toll parties and add on the South West bunch for good measure. Probably be a good time to stop for lunch too, so thinking we'll leave there about 14:30, guess it depends on how we're doing for time and how people feel.
- It seems a bit pointless to add another stop for the sake of it, so may as well make this the final leg, straight to the campsite.
Provisional route map:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Tes...mra=ls&z=7
What do you think? Any comments, criticism and general abuse welcomed.
I don't know about anyone else, but i'd rather get going at a decent time and not be arriving late. Earliest we can be at the campsite is 16:30 and we're looking at a 4.5 hour journey plus stops and traffic, so probably a total trip time of about 7 hours.
The plan so far is M3, M40, M6. Chris plans to take the toll road, but i daresay there'll be some who don't want to, so we can always split there and meet up on the other side.
On that basis, i'm thinking the following should about be right:
- Pompey/B'mouth/IOW/Southampton/Chichester lot can meet at Winchester Tescos for 10:00, to leave pretty much immediately.
- Up to Cherwell Valley services on the M40 for about 11:00 to meet up with the London lot and collect stragglers, then crack on by 11:30.
- Then to North Stafford services where we can the toll and non-toll parties and add on the South West bunch for good measure. Probably be a good time to stop for lunch too, so thinking we'll leave there about 14:30, guess it depends on how we're doing for time and how people feel.
- It seems a bit pointless to add another stop for the sake of it, so may as well make this the final leg, straight to the campsite.
Provisional route map:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Tes...mra=ls&z=7
What do you think? Any comments, criticism and general abuse welcomed.