Well now youve found me, What do ya won't

 

Yeh did you want to know where i've been

 

Thats right were have you been?

 

Love it

 

• Meet at Thurrock Services Main Car Park @ 8.30 p.m. (Junction 30 - M25).
• Leave services @ 9.30 p.m. and join M25 towards Dartford Crossing.
• Through tolls and continue M25 to junction 2 (A2 Junction)

• Exit Lakeside Services – at the roundabout take the 3rd exit sign posted M25

• At the roundabout take the 1st exit onto the M25

• Go through the Dartford Tunnel and toll booths – remember to have your £1.00 ready!

• After the tolls the road goes into 4 lanes – keep in the first two lanes, following the signs for A2 London / Canterbury, Junction 2

• Ignore the turning for Dartford A225 (Junction 1b )

• Keep in the inner 2 lanes – follow A2 LONDON, keeping in the right hand lane when appropriate

• Keep in the right hand lane as you approach the roundabout

• At the traffic lights on the roundabout, keep in the right hand lane, but when you drive round the roundabout keep to the left, following signs for BEXLEYHEATH

• Go thru the 2nd set of lights then into the left hand lane through the 3rd set of lights taking the exit A2 LONDON

• Now a 50mph speed limit – please do not exceed the speed limit as the A2 is full of speed cameras!

• After 8.6miles of the journey, get into the outer 2 lanes

Speed Camera after 9.2miles

Another Speed Camera after 10.5miles

• Make sure you keep to the middle and outside lane, as the inside lane filters off the local traffic for most of the journey

Speed Camera at 11.9miles (behind the green sign)

Speed Camera at 12.4miles (behind green sign)


• (Speed limit is still 50mph)

Speed Camera 13.2miles, just after the 2nd bridge

Speed Camera at 14.9miles (on the central reservation)

• At roundabout, follow road round to the right and go through the lights; road then goes into 2 lanes

• Follow the signs for Blackwall Tunnel

• Keep on the road and follow signs for DOCKLANDS/BLACKWALL TUNNEL – keep on the road, do not turn off yet

Speed camera at 16.4miles

• Keep following the signs for Docklands / Blackwall Tunnel

• Stay in the 3 outside lanes

• Speed limit changes to 30mph on the bridge - move into the inside lane

BLACKWALL TUNNEL – make sure you keep in the inside lane as you will be turning left immediately you exit the tunnel. If you ignore this instruction then you are on your own! Set your sat nav to find the Mcdonald's Restaurant
2 Trafalgar Way
Aspen Way
Billingsgate,
London,
E14 5SP

• We then take the first exit at the end of the tunnel. Keep to the inside 2 lanes on this road.


• Turn left at the lights into Cotton Street signposted Excel

• At roundabout, take the right hand lane through the lights, then take the exit just after McDonalds (Aspen Way)

• Get into right hand lane – 40mph speed limit

• Follow signs for Tower Bridge / Wapping – 30mph speed limit

• LIMEHOUSE LINK - this tunnel has speed cameras high up on the wall –30mph speed limit

• Take right hand lane as you immediately come out of the tunnel – turn onto Butcher’s Row

• Keep in right hand lane (The White Swan should be on your right hand side) – turn right onto Commercial Road and stay in the right hand lane after turning

• Keep in right hand lane as you go under the bridge

• At the lights take the right hand turn to go to the Rotherhithe Tunnel – keep in the right hand lane as it goes into a narrow width restriction road

20mph speed limit in the Rotherhithe Tunnel – speed camera as you exit the tunnel

• At the roundabout, go into the right hand lane, going all the way round the roundabout and back into the Rotherhithe tunnel – remember 20mph speed limit!

Camera just before you enter the tunnel

• As you exit the tunnel, go through the 1st set of lights, keeping in the left hand lane. Basically head back on yourself.

• 2nd traffic lights, keep in the left lane, turning left onto Commercial Road

• Stay in left hand lane and at the traffic lights turn left into Butchers Row

• At traffic lights turn left (onto The Highway) back into the Limehouse Link

30mph in tunnel – cameras in the tunnel

• In tunnel, follow signs for Tilbury / Royal Docks (Basically stay on the main carriageway)

McDONALDS REGROUP

• Now 40mph - once out of the tunnel get into the left hand lane following the signpost Isle of Dogs / Canary Wharf / A102

• Take the slip road and get into the right hand lane on the slip road

• At roundabout go all the way round, exiting at McDonalds to re-group

• Upon leaving McDonalds at the big roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Apsen Way, signposted Tilbury / Excel

• Keep in the RIGHT hand lane and continue through the underpass. (signposted A13)


• Rejoin the A13. Warning, plenty of speed Cameras along this stretch.

• At the Lodge Avenue Flyover, keep in the two outside lanes

Camera after the flyover

• Keep on A13, signposted Tilbury / Dartford Crossing

• Take the slip road signposted Dartford Crossing

• At the roundabout take the 3rd exit, keeping in the right hand lane as you take the slip road

• Go through the DARTFORD TUNNEL - £1.00 required

• Go through the tolls and head towards A2 – keep in the left hand lane for A225 Dartford (junction 1b)

• Take the slip road of Dartford A225, keeping in the right hand lane on the slip road

• At the roundabout take the 4th exit back onto the M25

• Go back through the tolls and into the DARTFORD TUNNEL – another £1.00 needed

• Then head back to Lakeside Services



Hurrah, you have now completed the Tunnel Run 2007!!!!

 

Gutted I'm gonna miss this AGAIN!!!!

Maybe I will have a scoob that works by this time next year

 

Thats a real shame mate, your car would have been great in the tunnel

 

Just have to come back kicking and screaming, bigger and better next year

 

IT'S TODAY

 

hopefully H & S will phone me with my new centre section and backbox

 

Nervous, me? Never. IT'S TODAY

 

Have a great time guys sorry I can't make it but I am sure you won't miss me

 

ITS TUNNEL TIME

 

Thanks Phil. I'll be round later and I'll phone first

 

Whats happening today ????

 

I think a few of us are meeting for a bit of a drive later

 

I thought you had ESC Hi Viz now ?

I still have SIDC in my boot though although a certain Wozza has taken my one

I will be going to Hadleigh at 12.30ish and being in Benfleet for 2hrs whilst Pulse sort the Mrs's car out

Speak to you later

 

If only I do links to a certain website

 

Oi !!!

 

Radios? Stick em in the car and I'll probably meet you at pulse as I'll be at ESB about 11-30'ish

 

What you having done ?

 

Radios are in the car

 

LOL

He saw something on a link I may have sent him and he is having it done as well

 

Stop winding him up Philip

 

He deserves it TRUST ME

 

is it time yet!

 

Checklist:

Get rid of hangover

Clean up debris

Polish car.....

Mount camera to rear window.....

Polish car again

 

hmmm. if we are talking about plans, got exhaust to try and fit, droplinks, clean/polish/wax car, charge various battery packs, empty to car of toot, apply various stickers that i came across, then go eat...

all whilst looking after my 2 year old, me thinks my plans may come unstuck

 

Your going to be a bit pushed for time mate unless your little'n is good with a sponge or a set of spanners!!!

 

forgot ive got to take the wheels off and seal them as they need it done today.

hes got a bob the builder drill that he is pretty good with, not sure its up to the jobs though