Driving Teeside-South Wales Sat

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Wed 30 Jul 2008 13:13
Driving Teeside-South Wales Sat - Nomag
Just looking for any current road issues for the second part of our journey down to the Gower on Sat. I'll be travelling Teeside - Derby on Fri which I do regularly but haven't driven down to Wales for years and wondered if there were any current road/traffic issues to avoid?
Planned route would be A38/M42/M5/M4 I think
BTW I'll be towing our 'van, so no suggestions for routes down narrow B-roads please!
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Wed 30 Jul 2008 13:28
Driving Teeside-South Wales Sat - daveyjp
I'll be doing Leeds-Cardiff for the third time this year on Friday and it will be my usual route:

M1-A42-M42-M5-M50-A40-A449- M4 - both A roads are dual carriageway.

If the M1 is busy I sometimes use the A38 as it means leaving the M1 at junction 28 rather than at East Midlands and the A38 is usually quiet.

Before getting to the M42 using this route you use the A446 (single carriageway for about 5 miles) or hop on the M6 Toll for a few (expensive) miles.

Don't use the Severn bridge - you'll get caught in everyone going to Devon - it's also further and you will have to pay to cross!

Edited by daveyjp on 30/07/2008 at 13:29

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