What a lovely day for a drive....

[CarZee]

..thought I on Saturday as I contemplated heading off to Brighton for the day.. how disappointed I was to be..

My favourite route is A339-> Alton ->Liss -> Midhurst and on down toward Steyning.. usually takes an hour and a half to get to Hove.

Problem 1: Access denied to the A339 - Accident - coppers closed the road. Wouldn't tell me any more..

So I hacked across to Farnham with a view to picking up the A285 or 287 toward Hindhead.. but no..

Problem 2: Roadworks on the A31 in Farnham.. far too many temporary 'No Right Turn's - couldn't get onto the road I wanted without going into Farnham centre and out again.. not bloody doing that!!

Headed across to Godalming then Cranleigh instead.. picked up the A29

Now then , what the hell has happened to Surrey.. ? I didn't notice the sign at the county border saying "Welcome to Surrey - where people come to die. Please breathe queitly." But it must have been there because someone has been busily crocheting thousands of 30 & 40 MPH signs.. miles and miles of empty unoccupied roads.. 40 limit.. yeah feckin right... retards.. I'm afraid I now must write Surrey off as a dead loss to the brain-dead-numpty-nimby w*nkers..

Anyway...

Problem 3: Motorbike acident on the A29 - blocked.. queues.. arse..

If you must chuck your bloody bike up the road, must you do it in front of me you twat???

Cut back and across to the A24.. stuck behind numpties and joined the grotty section of the A27 near Worthing..

Result: 3 hour 95 mile journey instead of 90 minute 70 mile journey.. thanks for nothing, roads of the South East..

On the return journey I decided to avail myself of the true horror of the Brighton -> Portsmouth A27 - what an utter fecking joke..

DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS, FLYOVERS, SLIP ROADS... LOOK IT UP WEST SUSSEX COUNCIL!!!!

Oh nearly forgot Just bulldoze Arundel.. what the hell is that place anyway???

Still, I made up significant time on the M27/M3.. which was mildly cathertic

Weeekend was really very pleasant otherwise, but why must going anywhere be such damned hard work?

[donatien]

I managed to wind up to several knots yesterday afternoon.

But then we were on the Thames on a cruise ship. Lovely day for it though.

[incorrigible]

You should have joined Nick and I for the run down from Pease Pottage, most entertaining

Lovely pint of Hoegarden at the Marina too

[Charisma]

Didn't exceed the 4.9 mph speed limit I trust??

[NikB]

incorrigible said: You should have joined Nick and I for the run down from Pease Pottage, most entertaining

Lovely pint of Hoegarden at the Marina too

Had a great day, cheers Ben. Don't think Fran appreciated the drive down quite as much as we did

Nik

[Bonce]

CarZee said: DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS, FLYOVERS, SLIP ROADS... LOOK IT UP WEST SUSSEX COUNCIL!!!!

Huh?

Where's the fun in dual carriageways? Surely if you go for a fun drive in a convertible sports car you find some nice twisty unclassified or B-roads in the countryside. No numpties, no traffic, no police, just nice views and fun fast driving.

Or can't TVRs do corners?

[CarZee]

Fcuk off Bonce..

[Bonce]

Good answer.

Didn't really answer the question though did it?

> No way is this edited.

>> Edited by Bonce on Monday 24th March 11:52

[CarZee]

The answer, Bonce, is that I wanted the sweeping & twisting country lanes on Saturday.. hence my attempt to get to Brighton across country rather than dual carriageways.. in fact

Going home, after the earlier travesty, I just wanted to get back as quickly and easily as possible.. hence my desire for a dual carriageway..

You seeeeeeee?

[Bonce]

Gotcha.
Sorry, I'm a bit slow on the uptake today.

[DanH]

Bonce if you look at the vid of the 3rd PH run, it looks like its all dual carraigeways too. I think TVR owners head for different roads to us.

[jeremyc]

DanH said: Bonce if you look at the vid of the 3rd PH run, it looks like its all dual carraigeways too. I think TVR owners head for different roads to us.

I can see how it might look like that, but there were miles'n'miles of luuurvely twisty A roads between the dual carriageways.

I suspect that the lanes didn't provide sufficiently exciting footage for that demanding Luca Brazzi fella.

Jeremy
Surrey Run 3 Route Planner

[incorrigible]

NikB said:

incorrigible said: You should have joined Nick and I for the run down from Pease Pottage, most entertaining

Don't think Fran appreciated the drive down quite as much as we did

Nik

Yes we did reach almost 50 in some places

Mrs didn't appreciate the trip back too much either, but she did voice an opinion about being late

It was 15 miles before I slowed down enough to hear her shouting

Zee, did you get my SMS was expecting a call from you if you made Brighton

[CarZee]

incorrigible said: Zee, did you get my SMS was expecting a call from you if you made Brighton

No I didn't - or I most certainly would have called you..

but then I just realised I got my mobile number wrong in the email I sent you ..

[incorrigible]

FFS it would be easier to train a fg monkey

[CarZee]

incorrigible said: FFS it would be easier to train a fg monkey

Say's he who responded "No idea what my mobile No. is"

[incorrigible]

CarZee said:

incorrigible said: FFS it would be easier to train a fg monkey

Say's he who responded "No idea what my mobile No. is"

So I should just guess a few random numbers then

I actually said "I've no idea what my number is I'll text you" so ou are of course correct. My mistake, I assumed you were in some way shape or form numerate

Mail me the real one and I'll change it

[DanH]

Surrey Run 3 Route Planner

/ducks!

[jeremyc]

DanH said:

Surrey Run 3 Route Planner

/ducks!

You're welcome on the next one Dan - Surrey Run 4: Dawn Raid.

Date TBD, but we're going to make sure there are great roads WITHOUT the numpties.

[bob the planner]

jeremyc said:

DanH said:

Surrey Run 3 Route Planner

/ducks!

You're welcome on the next one Dan - Surrey Run 4: Dawn Raid.

Date TBD, but we're going to make sure there are great roads WITHOUT the numpties.

Oi ! Not too early - some of us have 100 mls to do before the fun starts !

[edit] The roads in Dorset are empty this time of year, with very little dual carraigeway - just don't try to drive in Dorset in July & August [/edit]

Bob

>> Edited by bob the planner on Monday 24th March 19:27