sileby - falmouth , early start?

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Fri 11 Jul 2008 19:49
sileby - falmouth , early start? - zookeeper
hi room, im taking a dear friend to falmouth ( cornwall) for a funeral on tuesday (15 july) , i havn't been down that neck of the woods for about 15 years is it still a bottleneck around exeter .... im going via m69.... m6... m5.. A30 does that sound about right... will start out about 5.00 am.. thanks for any advice

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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 11/07/2008 at 19:56

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Fri 11 Jul 2008 20:02
sileby - falmouth , early start? - PhilW
"is it still a bottleneck around Exeter "

Not in my experience - though I usually go down there "out of season". Not peak holiday season yet and M5 "goes round " Exeter these days - gone are the days when 4 or 5 hours were spent getting through Exeter!
By the way, wouldn't it be better to go M6, M42, M5? I know M42 can be bad (worse than Exeter) but clear at the time you will use it - better/shorter than going along M6 to M5 junction which can be awful.
Phil
PS - just down the road from you in Sileby - Barrow's my village
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Fri 11 Jul 2008 20:15
sileby - falmouth , early start? - zookeeper
thanks philW, i will take a look at the route you suggest, by the way is that petrol station in barrow still overly expensive ? came second in a poll some while ago only beaten by the petrol station near to an oil refinery in scotland?
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Fri 11 Jul 2008 20:18
sileby - falmouth , early start? - Westpig
can confirm the Exeter bit shouldn't be a problem 3 lanes of m/way and improvements to the lanes for getting on the A30
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Fri 11 Jul 2008 20:33
sileby - falmouth , early start? - zookeeper
thanks again to westpig and philW, much appreciated and to this website , like i say i hav'nt been to cornwall for a while its a shame im going there under unfortunate circumstances..cheers , zoo
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Fri 11 Jul 2008 20:45
sileby - falmouth , early start? - PhilW
"that petrol station in Barrow still overly expensive"

Certainly is - 135.9 for diesel for ages! Oddly enough, a couple of months ago it was cheaper than Sainsbury's for a week, and even more oddly every morning I get my paper from there and there are always a good few filling up.
Don't know about you, but everywhere I go away from Loughborough area petrol/diesel is cheaper - even in Snowdonia last week at ordinary petrol stations it was as cheap as Tesco/Sains round here.
Regards
Phil
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Fri 11 Jul 2008 21:46
sileby - falmouth , early start? - mlj
Depending on what time you need to arrive, allow two to three hours from Exeter to Falmouth. It is a long way! I live in Saltash, Cornwall and I would take 90 minutes minimum to get to Falmouth. Remember, no motorways and a lot of single carriageway A roads.
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Fri 11 Jul 2008 22:34
sileby - falmouth , early start? - roy59
Sorry about the circumstances in which you are travelling,The M42 s/bound is pretty quiet before 6.30am The M5 takes you straight onto the A30 bypassing Okehampton .
Try to take a coffee/tea break every couple of hours , and as Sally Traffic says on radio 2 " allow plenty of time for your journey".
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Sat 19 Jul 2008 20:14
sileby - falmouth , early start? - zookeeper
hi room .. just an update on the journey, everything went well didnt need to stop for any road works or congestion on the trip south, not many caravans on route either, but still the same old plonker lorry drivers trying to overtake one another on the long up hills , I did the maths .... 800miles and used 72 ltrs unleaded @ 118.9 , works out about 45mpg ( daewoo lanos 1.4) with 4 adults and a boot full of camping gear, found a good camp site in blackwater , 6 miles from truro ( 4 person tent) 10 pounds per night ( just the tent not each) i shall be back there next year for definite for 10 days or so thats for sure... cheers zoo
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Sat 19 Jul 2008 21:52
sileby - falmouth , early start? - Dog
Hello M8 ... I live in Truro, sorry to hear about your "mission" I bet you preferred the new A30 to the old bumper to bumper stretch under the iron bridge at Goss Moor !
Well, the wev looks ok (for Cornwall) this week - have a safe return journey and try to avoid Friday & Saturday (changeover days !!)
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