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M4 nightmare!! AIBU to think travelling in the school Holidays is utter shit!?

29 replies

juggleit · 09/08/2024 17:26

My God! We’ve travelled 150 miles in 5 hours!! We are all bored and even the chilled dog is ‘wtaf is going on?’
Any insights into the travel on M4 this time of year please - is this normal?
I think we need to fly away next year for our annual Family holiday.

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TomeTome · 09/08/2024 17:36

Go late or very early but not now!!!

InfoSecInTheCity · 09/08/2024 17:35

Friday afternoon during summer holidays is a nightmare. We always try to travel so we arrive by lunchtime at the latest then just find somewhere close by to do something if the accommodation isn't ready.

When we drove to Norfolk at the beginning of the holidays we stopped at Roarr! For a few hours then just did the final half hour to the holiday park late afternoon.

Mainoo72 · 09/08/2024 17:34

You’re travelling at a really bad time. We always leave around 6am & usually have no problems.

LlynTegid · 09/08/2024 17:32

Of course it is normal, if you choose to travel on a Friday afternoon in August.

Not if you had left it until early tomorrow morning, say leaving at 5am, as I know some people do (and one is doing).

If you fly, you have to manage the airport (depends which one as to whether or not the Borders Agency staff it enough), the extra charges if you choose Ryanair, the possibility of strikes, and depending where you go, people who are not as nice as those you will meet over the next week.