daymoon
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my parents are flying in to gatwick as we speak.. the plane there are in is late by 3 hours, and i dont think they will make their train...
so i might be going down to gatwick from north tonight.
what is traffic like? roads cleared or full of snow, accidents etc?
hope you can help me!
[Edited on 02-02-2009 by daymoon]
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Tommy L
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Considering london is under a good 8 inches of snow, i can't imagine it being the best.
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Simon_16v
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Traffic was steady this morning, don't think it will be too bad unless we have another heavy burst of snow tonight.
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Ben G
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shite down here mate, best of staying clear of south east england right now.
airports are in chaos, london buses are all suspended and train lines are fucked.
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gavin18787
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I liked the quote on the radio this morning
"london airports are open as usual but no planes are taking off or landing"
  
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willay
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they should stay in a hotel tonight if possible.
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AlexSXI
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another heavy blizzard like burst to hit essex around 3pm apparently, its getting deeper 
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gavin18787
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not whilst im at work it doesnt want to
still nothing here in basildon
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daymoon
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
they should stay in a hotel tonight if possible.
well they "should" arrive at 21:22 as it says on gatwick airport website...
i would guess by this time hotels would be packed 
oh well at least they enjoyed 7 days of +30 degrees weather...
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AlexSXI
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well whatever you do, don't set off for gatwick because the flight is likely to get re-directed to an airport with less snow anyway!
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daymoon
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risked it and went to gatwick...
232 miles one way... so 464 miles rountrip. had lots of snow up north, but only for 15-20 minutes....then it calmed down and wasnt snowing for the rest of journey. there was some standing water from lorries etc, but wasnt much traffic...
no closures, no accidents going there, but seen two lorries being "parked" side ways on motorway.
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willay
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glad you got home OK mate, i wouldnt of done it!
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richc
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I can imagine how snowy it got up your way
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deano87
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I wouldn't have done it either.
One of our salesman was on the M25 for bloomin' ages yesterday. Although you can spend hours on there without any snow
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