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[Lizzy]

I know! At one point I was doing 60 cos it wasn't tooo bad, and peope were zooming past me! Its people like them who cause accidents that cause the flippin hold ups I was in!!

It really does take it out of you TT, I stopped after an hour cos I was soooo tired, and I got pro plus, so I woke up, but cos I was concentrating so much, I got a full on headache, and pulled over an hour later again to nearly throw up.  I think a waft of fresh air stopped me. Plus the police car I parked next to lol. I'm still tired from it now, hence the sicky! But getting home after midnight, that really sucks *hugs*

[Grazer]

Hit some sleet coming out of Manchester which turned to snow as we approached Birmingham. Aqua-planing at 70mph is not as fun as it first seems  

Added an extra hour to my journey but its better than arriving dead

Edited by Grazer, 20 November 2007 - 02:04 PM.

[buffy2k]

After already driving 4 hours from cardiff in the morning it took me nearly 6 hours to get home to Herts, damned roadworks and bloody stupid people in the snow as well, driving far too fast, lucky there werent more accidents!

[Lizzy]

buffy2k, on Nov 20 2007, 02:22 PM, said:

lucky there werent more accidents!

I second that! I kept saying to my bf, after a year of driving I'm not too bad, eh!

[RainbowDisney]

Too Tall, on Nov 20 2007, 12:51 PM, said:

I left Manchester at 7pm. And got to MK at 12:30am.

The snow was soooo bad at one point I decided to come off at the services for a while, to see if it would slow down.

I did also have to take a break just north on MK, as I was suddenly very aware that I wasn't able to focus on the road or the snow due to sleepy-ness. I took a 15 minute snooze and drove the last bit home.

Trying to consentrate on a road you can't see (due to snow), in the dark, really takes it out of you.

It still amazes me though. At one point I could not see more than 20 feet in front of the car due to the snow and could only just make out the sides of lane I was in. So I slowed down to 30-40mph. Yet still people came flying past me at 70mph+ in the fast lane, where the snow was heaviest, flinging snow all over the place. Are they mad!!!!! Surely getting home 10 minutes earlier isn't worth the risk?!?!?

Wahey !!.. Tommy had his first taste of snow then !



We left about 7:45ish.. No major problems on M6 but we did did stop briefly due to slow moving traffic behind the gritters.   Dropped Wendy off fine in Birmingham, and thats where the time was lost coming back to here.  What should have been a 20 minute drive took over an hour crawling a 20mph all the way due to the none existent gritted roads.  In fact i didnt one single gritter lorry on the road.. and from what i understand from mum, it started snowing here around 4:30 that afternoon..

[Tiggsy]

Well if it wasn't bad enough that I had to goto Crewe from Piccadilly to get a train back to N.Wales it just got so much better from Crewe onwards    
I get to Crewe a little bit earlier than planned and hopped on a packed virgin train.People were standing everywhere so in the end they told people to sit where there was space aka first class...score!So my train sets off ten minutes out of Crewe the whole train blacks out and comes to a complete standstill in the middle of nowhere!It takes them about ten minutes to get some power back.Long story short this happened 4 times between Crewe and Chester making a 20 minute journey into an hours journey.Get off at Chester to find a huge amount of people already waiting for the next train to Holyhead now doubled by the people getting off the broken virgin train.A platform change and a huge scram later (looked lke something out of that new loyds tsb ad with people getting on a train) the train was jam packed to the hilt seeing as they deem 3 carriages to Holyhead enough and it usually is.The train was then running late due to them trying to pile as many people possible on this train.So a normal 2 hour journey ended up taking me about 4 hours...fabulous!It was sods law though I was meant to be going elsewhere then heading home on the monday but I decided I just wanted to get home.Everytime I travel on a sunday I vow it will be the last time...

[lisa2004]

We left Gmex after the James Marsters photoshoot and headed back down the M6 to Berkshire.

The M6 and the toll was not too bad - yeah it was snowing but it was not too heavy.... The M40 was awful though and it took me ages to get to the M25 where visability was generally as poor as ever for that stupid road!!!!!!!

I left Gmex at 2.30 and got home at 7.30pm (including a stop at Warwick!!!)

I was very tired I can tell you....

Worth it though - I LOVE Gmex!!!!  

[the wildfire]

Getting there was easy and quite relaxed because catching a later train meant fewer people and no fights for seats. Getting home was a nightmare because despite the fact that there are fourteen platforms at Manchester Piccadilly(Or however it should be spelt) there was no train going to Derby or it seemed anywhere that we go to and then catch a connecting train.

[A007]

Was a bit off a sod getting back to Nottingham on Sunday what with satnav issues, snow and road works!

[Lizzy]

Lisa I know what you mean about the M25!! The bit south of London- is the road always so shiny?!? It was last time for me, and I couldn't see the lane markings!!

[lisa2004]

Lizzy, on Nov 20 2007, 11:01 PM, said:

Lisa I know what you mean about the M25!! The bit south of London- is the road always so shiny?!? It was last time for me, and I couldn't see the lane markings!!

Lizzy, I hate the M25....  I had driven from Manchester, through awful, snowy conditions and then when I get to the M25 (where it was raining yes, but no snow!) the visibility was awful....

[KB]

you guys had it easy, we were down to one lane at 20 mph for a long while, sucked.

[Lizzy]

ouch... we had 3, about 10mph at times.

Does anyone know what the M40 will be like 2moz morn? What was it like today? I have a not too important lecture tomorrow, and I'm not gona risk it if its still like how it was sunday and monday- its not worth it! The BBC site says "poor visibility"....

[surfy_sah]

tiggerific, on Nov 19 2007, 05:15 PM, said:

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surfy_sah, on Nov 19 2007, 04:25 PM, said:

problems getting home from GMEX? where should I start!!!

having left the event after crewing a 1830 to get the 1930 train to get me home to Swansea (South Wales) at 0130, I finally got home this afternoon about 1400. I kid you not. I am NEVER heading home on a Sunday evening post Manchester again. the 6hour journey (which took 4hours going up and was direct!!) took 18hours and cost me an additional £30 and lost me my day off tomoz (my first non-con/event day off in a month) as I didn't make it into work today for my 0930-1800 shift. not impressed.

surfy sah xx

at least you got home safe and sound eventually *hugs*

ja! ty though I am still bitter about loosing £30 (whole day's pay grrr ) and my day off because of having to work it back and having no sleep!!!

surfy sah xx

[surfy_sah]

kirsty_, on Nov 19 2007, 06:15 PM, said:

surfy_sah, on Nov 19 2007, 04:25 PM, said:

problems getting home from GMEX? where should I start!!!

having left the event after crewing a 1830 to get the 1930 train to get me home to Swansea (South Wales) at 0130, I finally got home this afternoon about 1400. I kid you not. I am NEVER heading home on a Sunday evening post Manchester again. the 6hour journey (which took 4hours going up and was direct!!) took 18hours and cost me an additional £30 and lost me my day off tomoz (my first non-con/event day off in a month) as I didn't make it into work today for my 0930-1800 shift. not impressed.

surfy sah xx

did you decide to walk it instead of gettin the train or what

missed connection at Birmingham New St, which turned out to be the last train going to South Wales or indeed anywhere remotely near there, including Bristol My Mum was at my Nan's in Cornwall so I was on my own. I ended up getting a train to London Euston (thankfully no one checked my ticket) which arrived at 1am. this was the 11pm train as I missed the 10pm train due to being stood on the adjacent platform staring at a sign that said "London Euston 2300" and being so tired and worried I didn't realise it should have said 2200. I then watched as Faye and James waved at me through the window of the train I shudda been on as it went past me!!!   

I then spent 1h30mins travelling alone on scarey night buses to crash on a friends floor, arriving there about 3am (this was the 5th friend I'd tried love her and she had work Monday as well) to leave at 630am to get to Victoria for a NX or MB to Cardiff -> Swansea. I didn't have my oyster card so it cost me 4 f**ing quid to get the tube one stop, could not believe it.  

joined the massive Q for tickets at 0710 and then missed the 0730 MB to Cardiff by about 3 people and then at 0730, when I'm 3 people from the front, low and behold, about 3 additional windows opened. I'd had no sleep and was seething as I didn't have my NX coachcard either and had to pay £25 to get a NX to Swansea. Just when I thought I was safe on the NX and could get some sleep, this fat woman (and I mean huge) squishes in next to me and takes up half of my seat as well as her own. I get to Cardiff and am then told there's an hour wait for the connection, urrrrrrg!!!!

so I got home at 230pm instead of 2am and then left for college around 6 and got back at 930pm an then tried to get enough sleep to get through 51hours of work during the Megaday sale in 5days. omg.

If I EVER travel back from Manchester on a Sunday again, I will have to ask to crew a half day or something cause I will not be getting the last train again!!!!


I feel better now I've bitched and Kirsty, you did ask!!!!!  

surfy sah xx

[kirsty_]

i did.you well need a drink after that.lol what a facking nightmare this is what happens if youre gonna live in wales   xxx

Edited by kirsty_, 01 December 2007 - 04:49 PM.