M5 closed

[dougc]

Southbound 18-20.

Good luck getting home tonight!

[dazren]

That's Avonmouth to Clevedon to those not familiar with the junction numbers.

[mechsympathy]

Arse. Shame I didn't see this earlier. SWMBO has just failed o make an appointment in Bath from Lawrence Weston. It's still rammed apparently.

[Moose.]

Glad I'm not working in Bristol at the moment! The sooner I can get a job elsewhere the better me thinks

[neil_bolton]

I was stuck in it for an hour and a half as I needed to go to Bridgewater tonight. It was an arse and a half.

Apparantly a lorry carrying cars on its trailer fell over and spilt the cars, so not your normal accident.

Hopefully it was a bunch of Honda Prius's that got trashed.

However, it did mean I had an empty motorway from Clevedon to Bridgewater

Edited by neil_bolton on Wednesday 7th January 23:41

[Fat Richie]

neil_bolton said:

I was stuck in it for an hour and a half as I needed to go to Bridgewater tonight. It was an arse and a half.

Twas indeed, two hours to get home to Taunton (via A370, my normal run) instead of 1hr 15mins. Two sets of roadworks on the A370 didn't help though.

What is it with lorries falling over on that 18-20 stretch, been two this week hasn't it?

PS: Neil, it's Bridgwater, just the one e - they're too poor for any more!

[mechsympathy]

Fat Richie said:

What is it with lorries falling over on that 18-20 stretch, been two this week hasn't it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7816430.stm

[AngryApples]

Stroke of luck for me

Commute to Reading but decided this week to start staying over Wednesdays (lets hear it for £19 travel lodge!)

Friend phoned the Mrs at 7.30 last night - left Aztec West at 4'ish, as at 7.30 she's made it to Backwell on the A370

[onomatopoeia]

Moose. said:

Glad I'm not working in Bristol at the moment! The sooner I can get a job elsewhere the better me thinks

bah, I rely on you to check the travel news in the afternoon and tell me when the bridge is shut!

[Moose.]

onomatopoeia said:

bah, I rely on you to check the travel news in the afternoon and tell me when the bridge is shut!

I'll be back in some time next week all being well

[S2 Giles]

I got well stuck... 5 HOURS

It took me 5 hours to do a 1.5 hour journey.

It was a transporter with 07 plate Mitsubishi 4x4's on it. Rumour has it they got more on the insurance settlement than the cars are worth in the current anti-4x4 environment. I know a guy who works at the dealership they were on the way to