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Thinking about the road west, I remember one occassion back in the late 60's when I went to Torquay to stay with some friends at a local hotel. As it was the Bank Holiday coming up I had already decided to head back to Bedfordshire were I lived at that time before the mad rush. However we were having such a good time I decided to stay an extra day. What an error that was. It took me 12 hours to get from Torquay to just the other side of Bedford. No motorways available then. Now the journey with motorways is probably even longer during holiday periods. Living in Somerset now and not too far from the M5. It regularly gets to a grid lock situation with queues stretching from Tiverton to Bristol. This then spills out into the roads around Somerset and just about everywhere becomes grid locked - even the small back roads, as people try to escape the mayhem. Thats how much we have advanced!
Neville
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