Mr. Lucky

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Mon 25 Jul 2005 13:14
Mr. Lucky - Thommo
OK so I had to drive from Guildford to Northampton at 1pm on the Friday just past (22nd).

M25 shut 8-10 clockwise so join an empty M25 at 10. Understand those caught in the jam were there for 4 hours plus.

Heading round the M25 it starts slowing up. Traffic report slow between 14 and 23. Can see it stationary up the hill as I glide off on to an empty M40.

Here on the radio of big problems 6 to 8 northbound so glad I chose the M40.

Take the new dual carriage A43 down to my destination. Gliding under the M1 at 15a I see it is at a standstill northbound as well.

Nightmare day for the motorways avoided by me by more luck than judgement.
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Mon 25 Jul 2005 14:52
Mr. Lucky - cheddar
Yes, lucky you were not in one of the accidents that caused the jams!
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Wed 27 Jul 2005 16:57
Mr. Lucky - Hawesy1982
Even luckier than that, you were only a couple of hours ahead of an accident on the M40 northbound at High Wycombe that held me and many others up for around 90 minutes!

Of course you do now realise that you'll just drive from one jam straight into another for the next 6 weeks....karma you see... :-P
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Wed 27 Jul 2005 22:24
Mr. Lucky - Pezzer
and I thought I was lucky last night getting through the traffic lights at the bottom end of the A34 onto the M3 and straight though three sets of lights on exiting the M27 !!
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