Apparently we don't yet know if we're taking the M6 or the M6 toll. Nails bitten to the quick here. Will report once the decision has been made.
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Thoughts and prayers. Bank Holiday weekend and the A55? Bless.
aug 24, 2025, 9:53 am • 2 0 • view
A bit of positivity wouldn't go amiss there Chance
aug 24, 2025, 9:54 am • 1 0 • view
I am very positive as the cat and I will be basking in the back garden with a nice chilled bottle of wine.
aug 24, 2025, 9:57 am • 1 0 • view
Apparently the decision will be made within the next half an hour. Present location - Just passed junction 3a
aug 24, 2025, 9:05 am • 3 0 • view
M6 it is. We're blaming Waze apparently. And there's the traffic jam forecast by clairvoyant @katie0martin.ft.com
aug 24, 2025, 9:31 am • 2 0 • view
..... And we're on the open road. "You have no idea how relieved I was that the M6 wasn't that bad, in the end"
aug 24, 2025, 9:49 am • 1 0 • view
aug 24, 2025, 9:08 am • 2 0 • view
surely the hound should decide ? bark once for M6, bark twice for M6 (toll)
aug 24, 2025, 9:10 am • 1 0 • view
He's in travel mode. It's a long old journey so he's conserving his energy.
aug 24, 2025, 9:11 am • 3 0 • view
McNamara breakfast choices from the services, 1 sausage ciabatta from Pret, one Cinnamon Crown from Pret, one Greggs sausage roll. Guess which is Paul's?
aug 24, 2025, 8:40 am • 4 0 • view
Current ETA of 13.19 for a 15.15 ferry. He's stressing that he's cutting it a bit fine and should have been more insistent on a 07.30 departure instead of accepting dawdling until 07.50
aug 24, 2025, 8:57 am • 7 0 • view
Under 2hrs of wait time? Your man will lose his dad cargo shorts club membership.
aug 24, 2025, 10:05 am • 5 1 • view
Ah I remember being young and cutting everything to the last minute. My first time entertaining a toddler for six hours in an airport/service station after missing a flight made me realise my parents were awfully conservative and really even two hours early is cutting it fine.
aug 24, 2025, 11:21 am • 3 0 • view
Much better to wait an extra three hours every single flight than six hours once a decade.
aug 24, 2025, 11:26 am • 1 0 • view
Small children get exponentially more annoying as they get bored so
aug 24, 2025, 11:27 am • 1 0 • view
ETA now 13.38 and it's edge of our seats stuff here.
aug 24, 2025, 11:24 am • 2 0 • view
Always the M6 toll...
aug 24, 2025, 9:02 am • 1 0 • view
I looked at the website. Utterly bonkers, not to say complicated.
aug 24, 2025, 11:34 am • 1 0 • view
Trust the efficient market. If the toll wasn't quicker then no one would take it.
aug 24, 2025, 8:10 am • 2 0 • view
It’s not easy traveling with a veteran em bond investor. He has to optimize everything to the cent.
aug 24, 2025, 9:29 am • 1 0 • view
Toll isn’t much faster, but it’s a hell of a lot more relaxing to drive.
aug 24, 2025, 8:36 am • 4 0 • view