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bananamandaz
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as the title says,i'm driving down there on july 6/7th,i'm from edinburgh so i think its about 250miles,just wondering what the drive downs like?
Paul_J
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DOWN?

I remember driving UP to alton Towers, seemed well up north. took me hours and hours.
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Alton Towers is hardly up North
bananamandaz
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lol yeah im from scotland so down 4 me lol,what was the drive like,was it mostly bypass or was it twistys?
Nath
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Stay in a hotel the night before you nutter! Plenty of cheap hotels in the area, not necessarily the Alton Towers hotel, thats expensive.
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quote:
Originally posted by bananamandaz
lol yeah im from scotland so down 4 me lol,what was the drive like,was it mostly bypass or was it twistys?


Local roads are turd, but its mostly M and A roads.
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i have..but not as far as you are lol 30 miles. Some of the roads there are cool. Cant really remember them tho, just remember me
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Yeah I've driven before.

Only 4 miles away from me LOL
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am planning on staying in a travel lodge about 11miles away from alton towers,in stoke on trent,mind u it is a 5 hour drive with the bird aaaaaaaaaaaa
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quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
Alton Towers is hardly up North


Bout as up north as I've been.

Whats more north, sheffield or Alton Towers?
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
Alton Towers is hardly up North


Bout as up north as I've been.

Whats more north, sheffield or Alton Towers?


sheffield.
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Sheffield!
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
Alton Towers is hardly up North


Bout as up north as I've been.

Whats more north, sheffield or Alton Towers?


sheffield.


ah must of just been the crazy CS convoy route.

I went west from where I live, met CS members there, then went up north and across west to the west coast. Then right up to Alton Towers area and then back across to it.

Probably why it seemed so long.
bananamandaz
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was it a good drive tho?
Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by bananamandaz
was it a good drive tho?


It is from where I live, Milton Keynes.

M1, A6, then a few back roads.
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i really am not sure wot roads i have to take but i bet u i get like 249miles of bypass and like 1 mile back road lol
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We drove down from Dunfermline, its an easy drive like. We stayed in the travel lodge next to Stoke F.C.
We made it down in well less than 5 hours.
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is it mostly bypass?
1.6Sport
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Would say so yeh. Get yourself on AA website and do a route planner. Simple
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five of us just came back on monday, drove down on the sunday, but went through the peak district so added some time on to the journey, but way back was fine went up the m1 all the way. great time by the way!

[Edited on 22-06-2006 by EtHi]
bananamandaz
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gd idea thanks
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try google maps, helped a bit aswell
bananamandaz
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quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
Alton Towers is hardly up North


It is when you go from Bournemouth - right down South Coast Took me and a couple of other cars 4.5 hrs and we wernt exactly sticking to 70 all the way
MoNkEy MaGiC
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i live west london, and i drove upto Lancaster!!! which is about an hour further than alton towers!!!!!

took about 3-4 hours to get to lancaster, but we had a Tomtom 300 sat nav!! what a beauty of a device, we made no wrong turns or mistakes what so ever!!

if you can get hold of one or even borrow one i would highly recommend it as it was a mission getting their!

if not then google maps is excellent for directions and satelite pics and route maps!!

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