Ok all
lets see how long it took you all to get home this evening.

I work in st albans near Marshallswick, and its about 7 miles i normaly get back in about 20 mins.

It took me 2 hours nearly, really never came out of 1st gear, and roundabouts where a nightmare.






chel xxx

[Edited by Chelsie-Bun - 1/30/2003 10:57:14 PM]

 

Get a Discovery! Had a few rescue missions tonight! It is unstoppable
Wouldn't dare take the scoob out in this!

 

Left Uxbridge in rear wheel drive MR2 (MY03WRX on its way) at 4pm yesterday.

Got home Welwyn Garden City at 11.30pm

Not a happy bunny and some real w*****s in German make cars thinking that if they sit on your bumper tt will make the 4 miles of stationary of traffic in front of you go quicker.

 

Left Nottingham at 5.00Pm went down M1 got stuck at junction 12 moved 5 miles in 3hours ,got back at 1am . 8 hours for a 3 hour journey !!!

 

Our lodger left the gym at 4:10pm(gym is 2 miles away) Got home 8:50pm

We Spent much of the evening doing the St bernard bit giving coffee etc to stranded cars.

 

two and a half hours to get from Hammersmith to home in Hertfordshire.
Then went out in the Discovery, FUN FUN FUN!

 

How about SIX hours from Old Street to Friern Barnet!!!!! and yes and entire tank of Optimax for a 6 mile journey!!!!!

 

"Our lodger left the gym at 4:10pm(gym is 2 miles away) Got home 8:50pm"

You mean they drove for 4.5 hours rather than park up and walk for 30 minutes? Isn't fitness wonderful

 

I decided to leave the car at home and walk, took me ten minutes !

 

zax.
She did'nt want to walk back on her own, in the dark and across the woods. Sensible really.

 

best not snow here till tomorrow then - i cant walk 40 miles to get home from work

 

My dads journey - from Luton to Rochester took him 10 hours

I finish work at 6pm, got home at 1am


All the cars were sliding around like mad, Scooby did her job, absolutely no problem even on ice hills

 

work 7 miles away home in 10 minutes and thats through 6 gastsos , snow ?, what snow ?

 

Left the office London to High Wycombe, normally takes 45 mins,M40 buggered up, so used the side roads, enjoyed the hills up with 4 wheel drive and second gear but didnt like the downhill sections.Like a big sledge but survived.Went through 1/2 a tank, 1 pack of cigarettes and my whole CD collection before getting home at 10:30-Three and 1/2 hours later. FUN...NOT
At least i made it not like those poor sods on the M11, still there this morning i believe.

 

This is the road out of our village. No, Discoveries weren't getting through this morning, only a bloody great 4wd Case tractor

 

Took me 11 hours to get from Cockfosters to Pinner! Left work at 5pm and got home at 4am!

 

Ha Every body calls the north for bad weather, well there laughting at us now because they have no snow.

Glad to day was better..

Chel xxx

 

I was a poor sod on the M11 all night ;(. Took me from 6 pm till 8.30 am to get from West Malling to Rushden.
I then have a spin within 5 miles of home and write a wheel off
I couldn't believe the state of the motorway, nor the crap travel info all night. It totally ignored what was happening on the M11. If it had said steer well clear then we wouldn't have had people just getting free now.


Nick

 

Looks something like my village:

 

Sorry to here about all of your bad journeys home.
We got hit with the snow up here in Angus around the same time as you all yesterday...but my wee baby got me home across 14miles of country roads in no time at all........... Ahhhh are'nt scoobies the dog's......

 

This snow business is weird i'm in oxford and there is none. Yet on tv it seems its all over the south.

 

Had to wait an extra 30 minutes for the train yesterday but the journey still only took 12 minutes.

Why can't they manage this when the weather is good?

 

Took me 11 hours to get from Rickmansworth to Stevenage, left work at 4pm got home at 3am.

 

no snow on isle of wight. blizzard yeterday lunchtime but never lays here - way to much coast.

it will lay heavy all over hampshire, but we rarely get any at all. if it lays at all, it is gone within a day.

as a small youth i was traumatised by pictures of other kids playing in snow on the local news - torture - i believe i wept on a number of occassions!


weava


[Edited by mista weava - 1/31/2003 6:34:58 PM]

 

I didn't do to bad due to the fact I work very close to my mums. Tried once then went back for dinner. Two further tries then 1/2 hour in the pub. Finally left at about 10pm and did the 10 miles home by 11.45.

David

PS - Cheers Mum

 

Took my usual 40 mins for 20 miles in Staffs.

Only when I got out of the car at Leek did I find it slippy !

Must get better boots (on me feet !)

Got out of the car, next to a friend who has a 330ci with Traction control - He's always saying 'its better than AWD'. He'd crept in, warning lights flashing.....

'HA' I say !

Reckon we got off lightly, weather wise - Sorry for you poor overnighters !
Mark

 

Andrewza - very nice pic mate - it's now my wallpaper! What camera u using? Rich

 

I tried several times to leave and gave up, stayed in the office (Welwyn Garden City) until 5am and then drove home like a crab cos there were no cars anywhere (aint 4wd fun), I did say hi to a few motorists and get chatting to a fellow scoobynetter in the snow though when I tried thursday evening to get out of town.

 

Neil. Nice to here there are still some thoughtful people out there, bet 100's of motorist wished they passed your house last night

Mick


[Edited by ImprezaWRX - 1/31/2003 8:31:36 PM]

 

Second that

David