How far is Donnington from me

[cotty]

I have been trying with no luck to get a route plan and distance from the AA route planner.

Im just off Junction 4 on the M25 and Donnington is J23 on the M1.

Any idea how far that is or how long it would take me legally. There is a big BMW show that I would like to go to but dont want to spend 90% of the day driving and only 10% of the day at the show so trying to work out if its worth going

Cheers

[Pigeon]

It's about 130 miles I reckon... and I'd guess your biggest problem with holdups would be being diametrically opposite the M1/M25 junction rather than the M1 itself.

[Bob the Planner]

Pratts bottom to Donnington Circuit - 151 mls and 2hrs 14mins via M25/M1 according to Autoroute at legal speeds.

Shortest route 133 mls and 2hrs 43mins through the centre of London

>> Edited by Bob the Planner on Wednesday 19th October 19:53

[cotty]

Pigeon said:

It's about 130 miles I reckon...

Theoretically I could do that in an hour but in reality sounds more like two hours or more depending on traffic

It would be on a Sunday so I could leave early say 6 or 7 o'clock in the morning

[cotty]

Bob the Planner said:

Pratts bottom to Donnington Circuit - 151 mls

Thats a tank and a bit even with a light foot

Bob the Planner said:

Shortest route 133 mls and 2hrs 43mins through the centre of London

No thanks, have ended up in court for running someone down in London, dont want a repeat of that and no .

[condor]

Perhaps if you spelt it Donington you might have more luck

[cotty]

DOH

[Parrot of doom]

150 miles give or take, and about 2 hours in light traffic.

[Ferg]

I went to the Kitcar show there last weekend and there are 40 mph average speed cameras on quite a long section of M1.

[cotty]

Ferg said:

I went to the Kitcar show there last weekend and there are 40 mph average speed cameras on quite a long section of M1.

Cheers I need to look at my map as I can skip big chunks out of the M1 but its raining cats and dogs here and my maps are in the car in the garage

[clubsport]

I am firly close to the same junction,,,when I have done trackdays at Donnington, leaving early in the morning it is posible to do it in about 1h.45mins..

[cosmoschick]

cotty said:

There is a big BMW show that I would like to go to...

You're brave announcing that on PH!

I use: www.multimap.com/

Might be of more help.

[simpo two]

The old way:

Get a road atlas.

Find the start and end points.

Find the scale, eg 4 miles to an inch.

Measure the route allowing for wiggles - convert that to miles.

Then look at the roads involved to guesstimate the average speed you can do.

No GPS, PDA, TomTom, laptop, internet wifi Blackberry jobbie required, just a road atlas and a ruler. £3.99 at Smiths

[cotty]

simpo two said:

The old way: Get a road atlas. Find the start and end points. Find the scale, eg 4 miles to an inch. Measure the route allowing for wiggles - convert that to miles. Then look at the roads involved to guesstimate the average speed you can do. No GPS, PDA, TomTom, laptop, internet wifi Blackberry jobbie required, just a road atlas and a ruler. £3.99 at Smiths

cotty said:

I need to look at my map as I can skip big chunks out of the M1 but its raining cats and dogs here and my maps are in the car in the garage

then you read the thread and see how silly you look

[catso]

condor said:

Perhaps if you spelt it Donington you might have more luck

That or look up East Midlands Airport (it's right next to it) maybe you could get a cheap flight.

[cotty]

catso said:

That or look up East Midlands Airport (it's right next to it) maybe you could get a cheap flight.

Had though of that but the idea is that if I take the car as it would form part of the outdoor show.

[williamp]

When I drove from Maidstone to Leicester it took 2 hours if clear- an hour to the M1 junction and an hour up the M1. You are closer to the M25 then maidstone, but Donington is further up the M1 then leicester, so I would say about 2 hours.

[YamR1,V64motion]

whenever you go there i hope you have more luck than me, when i went to watch the Moto GP there in july, got there and it rained and rained, was very cold and generally crap and knowing youve got to ride back to London in torrential rain wasnt fun at all, still im guessing your in a car so even if it does rain it would still be much more pleasant.

[mybrainhurts]

simpo two said:

No GPS, PDA, TomTom, laptop, internet wifi Blackberry jobbie required, just a road atlas and a ruler. £3.99 at Smiths ......

And just how, exactly, do you think I'm going to navigate to Smiths without me TomTom....?



bet he scratches his smartarse with a bloody slide rule, too.......mutter mutter

[Vipers]

Log onto www.rac.co.uk and tap in your from and to destinations............