Guest Guest66881 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Today is expected to be the busiest day on Britain's roads so far this year as millions of people set off for their Easter break, a traffic information company has warned. Trafficmaster predicts bank holiday getaway journeys mixed with commuter traffic today will lead to the heaviest congestion of the weekend. As many as 16 million cars will be on the move over the holiday, with drivers from Northern Ireland the most likely to get behind the wheel and Scots the least likely to do so. +3 Expect delays: Today is predicted to be the busiest of the year on the UK roads Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2606670/Today-expected-busiest-year-UKs-roads-millions-set-Easter-holiday.html#ixzz2z8BwbIfK Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisella Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 plenty of gaps for filtering on 2 wheels :cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Yeah but it always starts of sunny and dry and ends up pissing down and cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 We spent many a bank holiday in Abersoch, loved the place ,the downside was what is pictured above,lol, a 2hr journey could take around 5 hours each way and there was no getting around it. Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ptp113 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Oh yes I remember those jams back in the 60's and I'll bet they are far worse now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1977 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Today is expected to be the busiest day on Britain's roads so far this year as millions of people set off for their Easter break, a traffic information company has warned.Trafficmaster predicts bank holiday getaway journeys mixed with commuter traffic today will lead to the heaviest congestion of the weekend. As many as 16 million cars will be on the move over the holiday, with drivers from Northern Ireland the most likely to get behind the wheel and Scots the least likely to do so. +3 Expect delays: Today is predicted to be the busiest of the year on the UK roads Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2606670/Today-expected-busiest-year-UKs-roads-millions-set-Easter-holiday.html#ixzz2z8BwbIfK Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook:wink: Simple answer.. Leave early or the day before..!! Planning is everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Not the british way mate, leave before 9am to sit in traffic for about four hours then spend an hour looking for parking, then you normally either get very wet or come home looking like a big old cooked lobster - happy days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1977 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Not the british way mate, leave before 9am to sit in traffic for about four hours then spend an hour looking for parking, then you normally either get very wet or come home looking like a big old cooked lobster - happy days... Then you deserve it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Not british:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Simple answer.. Leave early or the day before..!! Planning is everything Its not always possible to leave the day before when you work and for us personally we did tend to try leaving at different times (although even this can be hard with little children) ,seems half of the country had the same idea. Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon4017 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 If it wasn't for the 4 lanes, it could be the Bruce Highway on any weekday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest40285 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 If it wasn't for the 4 lanes, it could be the Bruce Highway on any weekday morning. Hearing ya @Xenon4017, that is nasty at times eh ? Well lots of the time........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 If it wasn't for the 4 lanes, it could be the Bruce Highway on any weekday morning. Or a sunday afternoon,lol Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest 47403 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 We spent many a bank holiday in Abersoch, loved the place ,the downside was what is pictured above,lol, a 2hr journey could take around 5 hours each way and there was no getting around it. Cal x Abersoch is lovely but the traffic in and out is shocking through summer, every bloody day is busy and by 11am all the car parks are full! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Abersoch is lovely but the traffic in and out is shocking through summer, every bloody day is busy and by 11am all the car parks are full! it used to be lovely, but it's too busy now. We used to go a lot when I was a child/teenager and it was great, but I don't like it much anymore just because it's too busy. When my mum was small she and her friend used to take their ponies there on the train. Took three changes of train and all day to get to Pwllheli then they had to ride to Abersoch. I'd have loved doing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zk2102 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Yep, can relate to that. Set off today (albeit on public transport), day at London Zoo we thought. Forget that.....two hrs from ours to the Zoo (50 min journey) queue snaked around Regents Park! Ended up rowing around the boating lake for an hour instead :biggrin:. Got to love the UK bank holidays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tillyd Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Traffic Last night and today at a standstill. Doesn't matter what country you are in, Easter it a bitch for traffic jams. This is in Queensland. I avoid the roads at all costs at this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunbury61 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Today is expected to be the busiest day on Britain's roads so far this year as millions of people set off for their Easter break, a traffic information company has warned.Trafficmaster predicts bank holiday getaway journeys mixed with commuter traffic today will lead to the heaviest congestion of the weekend. As many as 16 million cars will be on the move over the holiday, with drivers from Northern Ireland the most likely to get behind the wheel and Scots the least likely to do so. +3 Expect delays: Today is predicted to be the busiest of the year on the UK roads Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2606670/Today-expected-busiest-year-UKs-roads-millions-set-Easter-holiday.html#ixzz2z8BwbIfK Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook:wink: Strange that , just had a great week down in croyde bay .....lovely weather...great beach ...pubs .....genuinely a great place , a place that compares with anywhere ....4 days on the beach . We had a 185 mile drive home today ,mostly m5 ...m42 ....we were home in 3 and a half hours, breakfast @ 8.30 ...on the road at 9 , home for 12.30 ...not one stoppage . There is major restructuring , as the m5 and m42 are having the metal barriers taken out , and replaced with concrete sections ? ....we had 3 long stretches of 50 mile per hour limit , even then we had no delays ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londongal76 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ah that's why I stay on London on bank holidays. Cos every other bastard has gone and I get my city back and can drive around it with zero traffic, it's brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 @pablo you got it mate:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I remember well the snarl of caravans leading north along the south western highway at the end of Easter. Mad time to drive anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Today is expected to be the busiest day on Britain's roads so far this year as millions of people set off for their Easter break, a traffic information company has warned.Trafficmaster predicts bank holiday getaway journeys mixed with commuter traffic today will lead to the heaviest congestion of the weekend. As many as 16 million cars will be on the move over the holiday, with drivers from Northern Ireland the most likely to get behind the wheel and Scots the least likely to do so. +3 Expect delays: Today is predicted to be the busiest of the year on the UK roads Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2606670/Today-expected-busiest-year-UKs-roads-millions-set-Easter-holiday.html#ixzz2z8BwbIfK Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook:wink: Wish I'd have realised this on Thursday. Liverpool to Southampton 4 Hours..... Southampton to Liverpool 7.5 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasepom Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Eek I dread the motorway jams now in England they absolutely drain you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Especially in 20c heatwaves:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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