2009 Battlefield Tour well and truely over!
Friday 14th August 2009
It was that day that we all dislike when we are on holiday the day we have to go home. We were up early, loaded the car and then sat down for breakfast. Then after paying our bill and saying some rather long good byes we jumped into the car and headed for Albert to fill up with petrol. The drive to Dunkirk took about 2.5 hours and was pretty uneventful and delay free, French roads are an absolute joy to drive on and so well maintained. In fact we made such good time we arrived nearly an hour before boarding so we had a chance to stretch our legs after checking in.
The crossing was pretty calm and in beautiful sunshine which remained the case once we got to Dover. Once we were off the ferry and onto the roads in and around Dover they proved to be typically British roads, congested and full of fouled mouthed drivers I had drivers flicking me the “V’s” and shouting abuse before were even out of the docks what a f****** ignorant bunch the Brits at home can be once they get behind the wheel of their little tin boxes. I for a change failed to respond to one particular Neanderthal in his new (judging by the registration plate) BMW 4 x 4. He was obviously very jealous of my vastly more economical 15 year old Rover and of the fact that unlike me, the female passenger in HIS vehicle was let’s just say, “not blessed with good looks”, HA.
Motorway progress was slow but steady until we got within 10 miles of the Dartford tunnel crossing under the river. Traffic then ground to a halt and those 10 miles to the crossing took two hours, nearly as much as the entire journey from Telford to Dover took just 7 days earlier. I think the lesson which has been well drummed into me over the past 25 years of driving in the UK is if you want to get anywhere in reasonable time on the motorway system (especially in the area around London) then travel at “silly o clock” at night/very early morning!!
Overall it took 6 hours to get to Telford from Dover, not a happy bunny was I.
It was that day that we all dislike when we are on holiday the day we have to go home. We were up early, loaded the car and then sat down for breakfast. Then after paying our bill and saying some rather long good byes we jumped into the car and headed for Albert to fill up with petrol. The drive to Dunkirk took about 2.5 hours and was pretty uneventful and delay free, French roads are an absolute joy to drive on and so well maintained. In fact we made such good time we arrived nearly an hour before boarding so we had a chance to stretch our legs after checking in.
The crossing was pretty calm and in beautiful sunshine which remained the case once we got to Dover. Once we were off the ferry and onto the roads in and around Dover they proved to be typically British roads, congested and full of fouled mouthed drivers I had drivers flicking me the “V’s” and shouting abuse before were even out of the docks what a f****** ignorant bunch the Brits at home can be once they get behind the wheel of their little tin boxes. I for a change failed to respond to one particular Neanderthal in his new (judging by the registration plate) BMW 4 x 4. He was obviously very jealous of my vastly more economical 15 year old Rover and of the fact that unlike me, the female passenger in HIS vehicle was let’s just say, “not blessed with good looks”, HA.
Motorway progress was slow but steady until we got within 10 miles of the Dartford tunnel crossing under the river. Traffic then ground to a halt and those 10 miles to the crossing took two hours, nearly as much as the entire journey from Telford to Dover took just 7 days earlier. I think the lesson which has been well drummed into me over the past 25 years of driving in the UK is if you want to get anywhere in reasonable time on the motorway system (especially in the area around London) then travel at “silly o clock” at night/very early morning!!
Overall it took 6 hours to get to Telford from Dover, not a happy bunny was I.
posted by Whitey in Telford at
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