Peterborough to Colchester

[BliarOut]

Which way would you go? A14 to Bury St Edmunds and then drop down via Sudbury or M11 to Stanstead and then the A12.

That's all for now.

[sawman]

probably the quickest would be A14 to Ipswich, then south on A12. Not pretty but easiest.

[FunkyNige]

I would go down the M11 to Stanstead then across - it has much more dual carriageway/motorway. Lorries + 3 people who don't want to overtake = long single carriageway journey times.

[Big_M]

FunkyNige said:

I would go down the M11 to Stanstead then across - it has much more dual carriageway/motorway.

via the A120 - then you can stop off at Coggeshall and have a cup of tea with me

[BliarOut]

Careful Debs, I just might if I'm running early

[Big_M]

BliarOut said:

Careful Debs, I just might if I'm running early

errr you might not want to actually as I have the snots at the moment.

You doing this journey tomorrow?

[BliarOut]

Thursday.... I'll wave quite cordially as I speed by in the Nissan then

[FunkyNige]

OK, because I'm bored I shoved the route into the online route planners:

GoogleMaps - Cambridge, Bury, Stowmarket, Ipswich.
108 miles, 2hrs 32mins

RAC - Camridge, Stanstead and across.
94 miles.

AA - Cambridge, Stanstead and across.
95 miles, 2hrs 9mins.

Multimap couldn't calculate a route.

[BliarOut]

I did that with Bury St Edmunds.... It was 97 miles so it's a very close call... Hence the enquiry for local knowledge. If I was in the Porker, I'd probably go via Sudbury as it's a nice road, but as the box I need to carry is too big to fit in I'll probably have to go the boring route

[Ferg]

Only via Sudbury if you aren't in a hurry. It's a roadworks mess right now!! I'd go to Stansted and along the new A120 to Braintree, then the only slow bit to Colchester...(stopping off in Coggeshall for tea, obviously).

[BliarOut]

Top advice, thanks for the local advice, Shaved half hour off the journey from my last run...

Oh, and I waved at the Coggeshall as I went past Debs

[Big_M]

BliarOut said:

Oh, and I waved at the Coggeshall as I went past Debs

Cheers mate - will make sure I am in next time