Going to Wales on a Friday evening

[pentoman]

I set off to Wales sometimes (from Bristol/Weston super nightmare) on a Friday, and the traffic is terrible, even though I arrive at work early so I can leave before 4 P.M.


Is there any way around this at all? Particularly the Cardiff area which gets terrrrible at 5 o'clock. Is it remotely worth going North of the motorway (especially as I'm coming from the South). I don't mind having to turn corners too much, even with the steering wheel off a bus.


Russell
'86 190E, '62 Elan

[pdV6]

Guess it depends where your finishing point in Wales would be...

[neil_cardiff]

If you have to go through/past Cardiff, then you're stuck my man.

They have been banging on about a bypass around Newport to stop the incredibly annoying bottleneck at the tunnel but that has never happended - much like the supposed Bay Link bypass around Cardiff Bay - 25 years they've been on about that...

Frankly, I think they get excited when they turn on a light switch such is their backwardness at things like this...

[mechsympathy]

I don't often go to south Wales, but if I have to get anywhere on a Friday night I usually leave after 8pm. I may not get to places early, but it generally means spending pretty much half the amount of time in the car.

Either that or what I used to do when I worked in London was work early for the whole week and leave at lunchtime on Friday.

Or get a power boat

[pentoman]

Bummer.

OK Cheers guys! My car's a bit of a boat anyway, so just need some buoyancy aids and I could skip all the traffic.

Russ
'86 190E, '62 Elan