M6 Snow

[MJK 24]

Are people moving now or is the motorway still closed/blocked?

Bit concerning as I've got to use the M6 from junction 21 up to the M65 junction (31?) mid morning! Wondering if I should reschedule?

[ArsE92]

MJK 24 said:

Are people moving now or is the motorway still closed/blocked?

Bit concerning as I've got to use the M6 from junction 21 up to the M65 junction (31?) mid morning! Wondering if I should reschedule?

Just left the M6 at J27. Now sat in a queue about two miles long into Standish.

I would consider a reschedule if I were you!

[vladcjelli]

Puts my, "have to walk half an hour to work for five o clock" into perspective.

Keep your chin up, the M6 is a godforsaken place at the best of times.

Good luck with the rest of your journey.

[giblet]

Hmm. Do I risk making the trip from Leeds to Cambridge in 3 hours time? My weapon of choice is a heavy barge on summer tyres and an autobox.

[Mr Roper]

giblet said:

Hmm. Do I risk making the trip from Leeds to Cambridge in 3 hours time? My weapon of choice is a heavy barge on summer tyres and an autobox.

I've got to do mid Wales to knaresborough (north of leeds) in a few hours .....my weapon of choice is just plain useless in the snow.

[ArsE92]

vladcjelli said:

Puts my, "have to walk half an hour to work for five o clock" into perspective.

Keep your chin up, the M6 is a godforsaken place at the best of times.

Good luck with the rest of your journey.

Cheers. My normal commute is a 12 minute walk!

Standish was at a stand-still. Abandoned that idea, now queueing to get back on the M6.

Had enough now.

[Pvapour]

bloody hell Arse, I bet the excitement wears off after 6 odd hours I just got up early as I'm excited about my work for the day & you've been sat in traffic the whole time I've been asleep!! crazy!

hope you find your way home soon, you heading back down the M6 now?

Edited by Pvapour on Saturday 26th January 05:02

[ArsE92]

Pvapour said:

bloody hell Arse, I bet the excitement wears off after 6 odd hours I just got up early as I'm excited about my work for the day & you've been sat in traffic the whole time I've been asleep!! crazy!

hope you find your way home soon, you heading back down the M6 now?

Cheers. Just on the slip road to get back on at J27. Only need to get to J23 then I can go to bed!

[D15CO D4VE]

Be safe iv not long got in from a long night of picking the Mrs up from runcorn and whilst driving back to warrington using my snow matts twice my mum got me for Christmas twice for a mercedes driver stuck and a bmw driver again stuck at daresbury (thankfully the Mrs's s3 came through all evening). I did end up witnessing a young couple collide with the back end of a wagon that was strickeded on the expressway luckily both safe just a bit shook up... Accidents do happen just be safe if your still driving in this.

[Pvapour]

ArsE92 said:

Pvapour said:

bloody hell Arse, I bet the excitement wears off after 6 odd hours I just got up early as I'm excited about my work for the day & you've been sat in traffic the whole time I've been asleep!! crazy!

hope you find your way home soon, you heading back down the M6 now?

Cheers. Just on the slip road to get back on at J27. Only need to get to J23 then I can go to bed!

I'm guessing the rain has eased things enough that progress can be made in that direction?

Our lives are so far removed from this scenario now & its been long enough to forget, but your story just woke me good and proper for the day ahead, you've made me feel very grateful, every cloud eh (a Ricky Gervais good news / bad news)

chin up old bean, have you read some of the jokes here, might make you laugh http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[DukeDickson]

ArsE92 said:

Cheers. Just on the slip road to get back on at J27. Only need to get to J23 then I can go to bed!

Probably taken the best option if the road to Standish is that bad. Orrell junction is out in these conditions, as is Standish back road option. Good luck.

[g3org3y]

Still looking very bad northbound just before J27.

[ArsE92]

Took us 11 hours but we're home!

Who needs winter tyres?!



Thanks everyone for the company and very kind offers.

Be careful out there.

Goodnight. Erm, good morning.

[Pvapour]

ArsE92 said:

Took us 11 hours but we're home!

Who needs winter tyres?!



Thanks everyone for the company and very kind offers.

Be careful out there.

Goodnight. Erm, good morning.

well done

by the way, it seems you dont actually have tyres fitted, did you know?

[ArsE92]

Pvapour said:

ArsE92 said:

Took us 11 hours but we're home!

Who needs winter tyres?!



Thanks everyone for the company and very kind offers.

Be careful out there.

Goodnight. Erm, good morning.

well done

by the way, it seems you dont actually have tyres fitted, did you know?

Run-flats too! I have to say, the car performed impeccably.

And also, that's the nicest sausage and egg McMuffin I've ever tasted!

Right. Bed.

[g3org3y]

ArsE92 said:

ArsE92 said:

Run-flats too! I have to say, the car performed impeccably.

And also, that's the nicest sausage and egg McMuffin I've ever tasted!

Right. Bed.

Wait, I think you left your door open!

[TheTurbonator]

vladcjelli said:

Puts my, "have to walk half an hour to work for five o clock" into perspective.

Mine too. My 20 minute walk took half an hour and I got wet feet.

Worst I've got stuck on a motorway was when we had all that rain and the M5 was closed due to a landslide. I wasn't on the M5 thank god but around the M6, just before you joined it. Had to spend the night in the boot of a Mondeo before driving back to Leeds in the morning.

[EvoDelta]

Bloody hell Arse, that looked like quite a mission. Puts my 6 hour record to shame.

/snowisst.

[Pints]

Glad to hear you're home safely.
You can be lucky you didn't have young kids with you.

[Waugh-terfall]

Oh come on Baldymunafrojob/Louie! After all that, you go and ruin it with the wrong McDonalds Breakfast.

The shame.

I am disappoint.