Surfing In A Northerly Direction

[kitesurf_phil]

After days of listening to the weather forecasters hype we can put this trip off no more. The Burgundy Beast wiil be heading up the M1, M6, M6 Toll, M55, A6, A585, A586 to a place called Poulton Le Fylde. I shall be carrying sarnies, big flask of home made chicken and vegetable stew, shovel, tow rope, thermals, blanket, snow chains, spare tin of vegoil and my brother (who I am doing a favour for). If you see a Surf covered in road salt or snow drifts give us a wave.

[rusty]

After days of listening to the weather forecasters hype we can put this trip off no more. The Burgundy Beast wiil be heading up the M1, M6, M6 Toll, M55, A6, A585, A586 to a place called Poulton Le Fylde. I shall be carrying sarnies, big flask of home made chicken and vegetable stew, shovel, tow rope, thermals, blanket, snow chains, spare tin of vegoil and my brother (who I am doing a favour for). If you see a Surf covered in road salt or snow drifts give us a wave.

If you need a pit stop let me know & I'll stick the kettle on (just off Junc 15 M6)

[Snoop]

Poulton Le Fylde - I suggest you make a detour to the TVR factory which is very close by this place, I did when I went there. Mmmmmm, V8....

[Purpledoris]

Get yourself a little further up (jc 34) and you could visit the Glasson Smokehouse for some delightful delicacies!

[da SLUG man]

save yourself some money!... take the regular M6!

[mark g8awo]

He`s going to ride the BIG ONE



Phil your a little early to get in the que it dont open till Easter

[da SLUG man]

If you need a pit stop let me know & I'll stick the kettle on (just off Junc 15 M6)

does that apply to everyone?... don't normally go as far as stoke, but if you've got a kettle!! (i'm in telford at a chocolate factory tomorrow!)

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

does that apply to everyone?... don't normally go as far as stoke, but if you've got a kettle!! (i'm in telford at a chocolate factory tomorrow!)

Don't you mean "EMPTY chocolate factory by Friday" ?


Trev

[da SLUG man]

Don't you mean "EMPTY chocolate factory by Friday" ?


Trev

i'm shocked!... i don't eat chocolate!... no, really!... i don't!... only savouries for me.... don't eat crisps either.

it's an easter egg factory!.... cool huh?

[kitesurf_phil]

I'm back in one piece! RAC Routeplanner are sacked for telling me that the journey time is 3Hrs 20Mins each way. How? On the way up peeps kept driving in lanes 1 and 3. If one attempted to use lane 2 it was occupied by an Asian guy doing 53MPH (3MPH slower than the lorries). If one ventured into lane 3 at less than 110MPH, no matter how briefly, one found a white van on the rear bumper with the headlights flashing, even if you were only 1/3 of the way past the truck you were overtaking.

Further up the road said white van found itself on it's side surrounded by pieces of Peugeot 106, small white van and Nissan X-trail. Bruv says, "That's the nob that flashed you two miles back, cut-up the Rover and caused that HGV to take avoiding action." I so wanted to stop and tell the Police, Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service (At least three of each attending) that the reason for the carnage was that the guy was on drugs or had had a full frontal labotomy.

The return journey was all too similar. This time with a little bit of snow, a different marque of white van on its side (This time a Merc Sprinter). Another !!!!!! hold up due to lack of concern for anyone else. Total return journey, including a couple of 15 minute breaks and 45 mins doing the deal, 11 hours. and all for no reason apart from !!!! poor driving standards. I am so glad I don't drive for a living anymore. Hats off to those that endure it on a daily basis. I was convinced that the, "Get two car lengths in front of the next guy at any cost," mentality was exclusive to the Greater London area. It's not. It is a national disgrace!

When are they going to include motorway driving in the driving lessons/test?

[kitesurf_phil]

If you need a pit stop let me know & I'll stick the kettle on (just off Junc 15 M6)

Cheers Rusty. I didn't read your post until I got back. We had to make do with Burger King tea on a string!
Thanks for the offer.

[dirtydog]

could always buy a flask mate

[kitesurf_phil]

could always buy a flask mate

We had flasks which we were keeping for emergency rations. We could have found ourselves in 20Ft snowdrifts and temperatures of -25C. Radio stations were launching snow lines for goodness sake.
As it happened no snow settled on any road we drove on. Visibility was reduced to 500yds on occasions but the congestion this caused........................ ....