Loooong drive this weekend...
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Cheers HA, yeah that A27 is a really shite road - about time they did something about that Worthing/Arundel part. Luckily im coming from Heathrow to Pompey (actually Gosport), so intention is M3/M27 and then after i am back to Heathrow again, so wont need to head east.Hastingsaddick said:Avoid the A27 & A259 if your driving from Portsmouth to Dover, would be quicker going on M3, M25 & M20. It took me over 3 hours to get from Hastings to Portsmouth (90 miles). Worth mentioning though that Southern Trains were on strike and it was the last Friday of the school holidays (1st Sept) so if you do decide to drive that way hopefully it won't be so bad for you...good luck.
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Luckily, the drive in Europe is virtually all in Belgium, which has lights on virtually every motorway, and, unlike France, are free.0
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Stop for a Tommy Tank in every service station you pass.2
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Yeah, that would be the obvious choice - but i need to take some 'stuff' back to Lux, and you cant pick up a hire car in UK , and drop it off on the Continent.Justin20474 said:Fly to London city airport and hire a car
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He'll be blowing hot air by the time he reaches Dover.Its_Hamer_Time said:Stop for a Tommy Tank in every service station you pass.
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Cheers for the podcasts - sounds like a good plan. I'm trying to learn to parlez the lingo so i might download some French
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It would look like a pepperami about 1 hour into the journey...Its_Hamer_Time said:Stop for a Tommy Tank in every service station you pass.
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Probably better off with the speed somebody told me once.cafcdave123 said:Get yourself a nice big bag of coke, some ecstasy and a copy of DJ Hype's Jungle Massive.
You could replace the coke with speed but I've never driven a car whilst on speed so can't vouch for it.
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Alternatively, if you're a bit fussy about what you drink, forget the Red Bull and just recycle the products of your last traffic jam. It'll taste nicer and unless you're diabetic you won't suffer the same sugar rush.Redrobo said:Tiredness does kill. When you have to press on, go ultimate on your driving awareness. Mentally imagine you are demonstrating to someone what a good driver you are by explaining what you are doing and what you are aware of. "Checking mirror, red car coming up in fast lane, catching blue car on left, may have slow down, no, red car will be past so will be able to pull out. Etc etc.
It may sound silly, but the advice was given to me by an advanced driving instructor and works for me.
Also would suggest breaking the journey into sensible distances/times and allowing plenty of time for each leg. Depending on traffic I guess you are looking at 5 1/2 hrs to Dover, so a break at Lille for coffee and then lunch on the ferry? Another 6hrs to Wales via M4?. Get round M25 asap and motorway stop on the M4, or turn off at Windsor for a walk. Road works just ahead so best take a break before them. (Start just after Slough).
Take an empty bottle in case you get stuck in traffic and need a pee, red bull, and a flask of Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup.
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@Stig surely you have some driving tips.Stig said:
Alternatively, if you're a bit fussy about what you drink, forget the Red Bull and just recycle the products of your last traffic jam. It'll taste nicer and unless you're diabetic you won't suffer the same sugar rush.Redrobo said:Tiredness does kill. When you have to press on, go ultimate on your driving awareness. Mentally imagine you are demonstrating to someone what a good driver you are by explaining what you are doing and what you are aware of. "Checking mirror, red car coming up in fast lane, catching blue car on left, may have slow down, no, red car will be past so will be able to pull out. Etc etc.
It may sound silly, but the advice was given to me by an advanced driving instructor and works for me.
Also would suggest breaking the journey into sensible distances/times and allowing plenty of time for each leg. Depending on traffic I guess you are looking at 5 1/2 hrs to Dover, so a break at Lille for coffee and then lunch on the ferry? Another 6hrs to Wales via M4?. Get round M25 asap and motorway stop on the M4, or turn off at Windsor for a walk. Road works just ahead so best take a break before them. (Start just after Slough).
Take an empty bottle in case you get stuck in traffic and need a pee, red bull, and a flask of Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup.
Good luck and a safe journey.2 -
Nothing I could say could top @Macronate 's contribution. That was genius.cantersaddick said:
@Stig surely you have some driving tips.Stig said:
Alternatively, if you're a bit fussy about what you drink, forget the Red Bull and just recycle the products of your last traffic jam. It'll taste nicer and unless you're diabetic you won't suffer the same sugar rush.Redrobo said:Tiredness does kill. When you have to press on, go ultimate on your driving awareness. Mentally imagine you are demonstrating to someone what a good driver you are by explaining what you are doing and what you are aware of. "Checking mirror, red car coming up in fast lane, catching blue car on left, may have slow down, no, red car will be past so will be able to pull out. Etc etc.
It may sound silly, but the advice was given to me by an advanced driving instructor and works for me.
Also would suggest breaking the journey into sensible distances/times and allowing plenty of time for each leg. Depending on traffic I guess you are looking at 5 1/2 hrs to Dover, so a break at Lille for coffee and then lunch on the ferry? Another 6hrs to Wales via M4?. Get round M25 asap and motorway stop on the M4, or turn off at Windsor for a walk. Road works just ahead so best take a break before them. (Start just after Slough).
Take an empty bottle in case you get stuck in traffic and need a pee, red bull, and a flask of Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup.
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You could try downloading all the quarterfinal albums from the CharltonLife album challenge thread, to the extent you don’t already have them, and then provide us with a full end to end summary of why you are happy with your original decision and who you think should have won in the event of an unfair result excluding a better album than the one that went through (a dirty win)0
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What a good idea Neil.0
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I think they are going to build a by-pass around Arundel.The_President said:
Cheers HA, yeah that A27 is a really shite road - about time they did something about that Worthing/Arundel part. Luckily im coming from Heathrow to Pompey (actually Gosport), so intention is M3/M27 and then after i am back to Heathrow again, so wont need to head east.Hastingsaddick said:Avoid the A27 & A259 if your driving from Portsmouth to Dover, would be quicker going on M3, M25 & M20. It took me over 3 hours to get from Hastings to Portsmouth (90 miles). Worth mentioning though that Southern Trains were on strike and it was the last Friday of the school holidays (1st Sept) so if you do decide to drive that way hopefully it won't be so bad for you...good luck.
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Tom Waits?Alwaysneil said:
Probably better off with the speed somebody told me once.cafcdave123 said:Get yourself a nice big bag of coke, some ecstasy and a copy of DJ Hype's Jungle Massive.
You could replace the coke with speed but I've never driven a car whilst on speed so can't vouch for it.0 -
Unfortunately Rum, sodomy and the lash by the pogues wasn’t listed if I recall correctly lol.0
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Im not very certain on what rounds these are think that:
Definitely maybe - oasis lost to:
Nevermind - nirvana
Joni Mitchell - blue lost to:
Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkel
Dark side of the moon clearly beat something to be up against revolver by the beatles.
I also didn’t think bridge over troubled water should have made it past ‘rumours’.
Interested to hear where the last stones album (must have been exile on Main Street) got to and where it lost....0 -
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Nevermind - Nevermind
Revolver - The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles0 -
tbh i'll give the first three a miss.0
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Just keep your phone in your hand so you can browse through Charlton Life on it as you drive.
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Cheers SE10 - will do.SE10Addick said:Just keep your phone in your hand so you can browse through Charlton Life on it as you drive.
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Quite like bloodnon the tracks but can see why it could be worth a swerve0
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I assume that at 2pm on Sunday you'll be doing one of these four things?
1) At the game
2) On IFollow/Stream watching the game
3) Listening to the commentary
4) Following (and contributing to) the Match Thread
Or is that just me?0 -
IS there a game Sunday?0
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Its funny you should say that SEY, coz i was looking at the schedule today and wondering how i could possibly fit a visit to The Valley into the schedule. I am taking my daughter on Sunday morning from Greenwich to Wales (Brecon) , dropping her off, and then hacking it back.The only way i can see me possibly doing it is to get her there by 10 , which just aint gonna be on i dont think.Super_Eddie_Youds said:I assume that at 2pm on Sunday you'll be doing one of these four things?
1) At the game
2) On IFollow/Stream watching the game
3) Listening to the commentary
4) Following (and contributing to) the Match Thread
Or is that just me?1 -
Plus i dont think IFollow is possible for this game.0
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sorry missed off the
. Completely up to you what you do with your sunday. Hope to see you on the match thread. 1 -
Cheers Eddie.Super_Eddie_Youds said:sorry missed off the
. Completely up to you what you do with your sunday. Hope to see you on the match thread.0 -
And on the whole apart from one or two obvious exceptions the Belgiums are far more pleasant than the FrenchThe_President said:Luckily, the drive in Europe is virtually all in Belgium, which has lights on virtually every motorway, and, unlike France, are free.
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