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Purplemadboy

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Best route

I’m looking for some advice from you guys down south , I’m going from Macclesfield to st Neots (near Cambridge) in a few weeks traveling on a Friday morning.
Google map gives me 2 options 1, goes down via m6 toll at Birmingham then go by Milton Keynes. Route 2 takes me on A roads through stoke on Trent then south of Nottingham then on to the M1 .
I’ll be towing a caravan, not that that’s an issue unless you’re CG Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

27th Jun 2018 1:16 pm

CJOver

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Where in St Neots ? I am a little south of this at Biggleswade.

You could try M6, A14, A1

27th Jun 2018 1:45 pm

Purplemadboy

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Thanks cj, we’re going to the Campsite st Neots. Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

27th Jun 2018 1:55 pm

westville

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Do you REALLY need to go as far south as Milton Keynes? I would have thought the A14 from the M1 would take you more directly No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS

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27th Jun 2018 5:54 pm

Purplemadboy

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This is the options google maps gave me.

Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

27th Jun 2018 7:00 pm

westville

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The AA route planning go via A14
http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.j...C52.230084 No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS

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27th Jun 2018 7:26 pm

Sidthecat

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Purplemadboy wrote:
This is the options google maps gave me.

Aren't they the same?

27th Jun 2018 7:29 pm

IanMetro

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The A14 is a 2 lane dual carriageway, the only problem with it is that it gets clogged up with lorries and caravans! FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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27th Jun 2018 7:37 pm

Purplemadboy

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Thanks guys , A14 seems the obvious route Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

27th Jun 2018 7:45 pm

Purplemadboy

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IanMetro wrote:
The A14 is a 2 lane dual carriageway, the only problem with it is that it gets clogged up with lorries and caravans!

My worry is M6 at Birmingham Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

27th Jun 2018 7:47 pm

CJOver

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westville wrote:
Do you REALLY need to go as far south as Milton Keynes? I would have thought the A14 from the M1 would take you more directly

From Milton Keynes across to the A1 (Black Cat Roundabout) is dual carriageway A412 (Bedford South bye pass) then it is a short hop north up the A1 to St Neots. It is probably a little shorter going A14 then A1 south but there will not be a lot in it.

27th Jun 2018 9:00 pm

CJOver

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Purplemadboy wrote:
Thanks cj, we’re going to the Campsite st Neots.

If you are into old planes you should run down the A1 and visit the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden - they have a lot old pre and post WW1 aircraft there, in fact if you remember the film "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" a number of those aircraft are in the collection.

27th Jun 2018 9:04 pm

ronp

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Why the heck anyone from 'the North' would want to stay at a campsite in 'the South' is beyond me ....... unless it was an overnight stay for heading out to Europe (or Devon/Cornwall).
If not, there are great areas of our Northern country to explore- the Lakes, Peaks, Dales, Moors and even unexploited areas of Scotland e.g. Galloway, etc.

If you do travel further afield (aka south), good luck and make sure you let your Embassy know of your travel plans.

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27th Jun 2018 9:42 pm

Purplemadboy

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We’re going to a cl in Macclesfield for 5 nights (the best cl I’ve ever been too) then heading down to st Neots to surprise my mate as it’s his birthday.
One other thing about down south .. no midges. My cousin is working on Skye and has been eaten alive for weeks.
I don’t need to let the embassy know .. I’m British Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

28th Jun 2018 5:46 am

mudslinger

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Ditch the caravan , find a nice comfy country hotel heating / aircon
and get there in half the time to watch the footy .. Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
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28th Jun 2018 6:09 am

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