Last night I happened to be in Trowbridge, around 5pm, and needed to get home to Weybridge in Surrey.
Traffic reports mentioned horendous accident on the M4 near Reading -so I sought the other route A36-A303 - M3- WHAT A MISTAKE.
All was going well, then 5 miles from Stonehenge, Yes I forgot it was the eve of the longest day, loads of hippies Druids,etc and well done coppers, they restricted traffic to 1 lane, to check tax on vehicles - an hour later finally got through -thank goodness I wasn't heading the other way -though, it was even worse.
it was later reported that from Jct 21-9 on the M25 was 30+miles of solid traffic-most of which I missed.
Why was it so bad yesterday ??
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No idea, but on the 15 Mile drive back from work I saw 4 near misses (lots of burnt rubber and smoke on 2 occasions) and one woman driving with 2 wheels on the grass verge, totally oblivous, I was pretty relieved to park up for the night once I got home. Strange things in the air? Or maybe it was because it was a nice afternoon up here in yorkshire and everyone on early finish had been at the pub? Seems likely to me.
My Dad said the M18 was pretty bad as well.
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gotta love hippies - they preach love and peace and then cause mayhem and choas where ever they go
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I was near Ascot yesterday and wished I hadn't been. Lots of stretch limos and other cars full of people going racing. Might tie in with the M25 problem.
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Wotspur,
If your heading Stonehenge way again then on a Fri pm it's generally wise to avoid:
westbound: the A303 from Solstice Park (the new industrial estate to the east of Amesbury) up to Stonehenge itself
eastbound: the A36 from Winterbourne Stoke through to the roundabout just to the east of Stonehenge at Amesbury (A345)
Coming from the west, and if heading in a Trowbridge direction, I generally (if glance ahead indicates traffic) turn off the A303 at Solstice Park and take the A3028 through Bulford & Durrington, cross the A345 and continue through Larkhill & Shrewton. Just outside of Shrewton turn left onto the B390 (which is a great road in the context of the area). The only slightly sticky point is its junction with the A36 which occasionally is a little bit congested (sometimes a wait for 3-4 mins, other times straight through).
Going west, just vice-versa, remembering to turn off at Shrewton towards Larkhill.
These 'shortcuts' are well known by the locals ;-)
For those wanting to keep on the general A303 west-east route this can still be a viable alternative on the fri pm route. From the west just follow the above directions to Warminster, turn left (south) onto the A350, right opposite the BP garage at Longbridge Deverill (signposted the Deverills) and then rejoin the A303 at Mere
Hope that helps someone at some point in the future ;-)
Bost
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