ESC Tunnel Run IV - 27th October 2007
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Here you go Baz.
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 Butchers 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!!!!
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 Butchers 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!!!!
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First one back,
What a cracking night
Massive thanks to Milamber and co for the best organised tunnel run I have been on.
and Nate that horn is quality
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Cracking night.
Still got ringing in my right ear, Cheers Nate.
Never seen so many scoobs gathered together, reckon we must have been close to the magic 200.
See you all next year.
Still got ringing in my right ear, Cheers Nate.
Never seen so many scoobs gathered together, reckon we must have been close to the magic 200.
See you all next year.
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quality night absolutely awesome event well planned and a good route.
shame i got lost on the way back and missed the turn off the a13 and ended up at home, apart from that a great evening, thanks to those that spent a good few weeks planning etc.
shame i got lost on the way back and missed the turn off the a13 and ended up at home, apart from that a great evening, thanks to those that spent a good few weeks planning etc.
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Great....was my first tunnel run, the sound of some of those cars was awsome!!....I have already made plans to change my exhaust!!
A well organised event, much credit goes out to those that put it all together.
A well organised event, much credit goes out to those that put it all together.
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Originally Posted by Turbo_T
didnt get much footage as was at back for mostt the night
On a serious note (can I do serious ????) , what an excellent night, I cannot say anymore that Milamber has said on his Thank you thread.
Roll on 2008 .......
And roll on more horns !!!!!
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There was no movement from the tent as I think they probably died of a heart attack after you pulling up by the front zip and letting them have Both barrells!
PMSL!!!
Don't know if the video came out though as the camera was playing up!
PMSL!!!
Don't know if the video came out though as the camera was playing up!
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