3.5 hours on 1 stretch of the M25

[escapeUK]

Too many people not enough infrastructure. It will only get worse as it has all through my driving life.

[BrilloPad]

Too many people

FTFY

[eek]

Didn't someone warned you what it is like trying to get to Brighton from anywhere near London

oh look I did.

3 weeks? Based on the clues he's given so far and guessing the client (its one of two but only 1 is recruiting) I'd give him 3 hours.

And that's without the getting to and from Brighton bit.

[darmstadt]

I spend two years commuting from Brentwood to Heathrow by car every day on the M25.

I used to commute from Brentwood too...I learnt to hate the M25 but worked out how to skip bits of it by going off at various places and then rejoining it...

[BrilloPad]

I used to commute from Brentwood too...I learnt to hate the M25 but worked out how to skip bits of it by going off at various places and then rejoining it...

Isn't there a book that tells you the best way to get between each junction if it is closed?

Though my favourite was a 4 hour queue when a tanker left the motorway between J5-6 and closed it ALL weekend. I got through it in 30 minutes by leaving at Reigate and following a back road on top of the North downs. Single track at alot of points. Not many people know it.

[russell]

I remember once I had an interview, it was around 30 mins by car. I left 45 mins early after checking the traffic was OK, so got there 15 mins early. Love telling that one down the pub.

[alluvial]

Isn't there a book that tells you the best way to get between each junction if it is closed?

Though my favourite was a 4 hour queue when a tanker left the motorway between J5-6 and closed it ALL weekend. I got through it in 30 minutes by leaving at Reigate and following a back road on top of the North downs. Single track at alot of points. Not many people know it.

Isn't that the Pilgrim's Way?

[SueEllen]

Isn't there a book that tells you the best way to get between each junction if it is closed?

Though my favourite was a 4 hour queue when a tanker left the motorway between J5-6 and closed it ALL weekend. I got through it in 30 minutes by leaving at Reigate and following a back road on top of the North downs. Single track at alot of points. Not many people know it.

You don't need a book you just need an ability to follow road signs and basic localish geographical knowledge.

If you aren't local or never been in that part of the world make sure you have a TomTom with traffic so you can follow everyone else in the convoy.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Taking the positives from this experience:

Never again will I complain about traffic and congestion in Manchester. The M25 makes the M60 look like a joke.....

[BolshieBastard]

Never again will I complain ............................................

Yeah, I ******* bet, too!