A120, Little Hadham

[eastlmark]

loosing the will to live here. every day 45m-1 hour 30 wait in the traffic lines, several times a day. Some plonker has put in temporary lights with absolutely no idea how to program them.

[anonymous-user]

eastlmark said:

loosing the will to live here. every day 45m-1 hour 30 wait in the traffic lines, several times a day. Some plonker has put in temporary lights with absolutely no idea how to program them.

They seem to be rather random - I frequently travel accross the A120 at the Lttle Hadham lights when travelling from Much hadham up to Albury - sometimes they are real quick, other times I can sit for 15 mins - which is how long it always was when the permanant lights were working.

If you let me know where you coming from and going to I should be able to offer a 'back door rat run' route which avoids those queues!

[eastlmark]

Thanks for the offer, but I know the back routes well, but the weather in the past week has not made them a viable option!

[ukmastiff]

Hey had ham , love the username perhaps I should change my name to pel ham then :P . What are you driving I shall try and flip my headlights as you pass

Regards Mas

[anonymous-user]

ukmastiff said:

Hey had ham , love the username perhaps I should change my name to pel ham then :P . What are you driving I shall try and flip my headlights as you pass

Regards Mas

Hello.... nice to hear from sokmeone local!

Silver 350Z on a '58 or Black Pathfinder with the wife's private plate...

You?

[ukmastiff]

My 'enthusiast car' is a Black Porsche 944 Turbo but sadly I commute in a Green Volvo D5 and have a green T5 with an obvious 'dog' number plate for a decent but fun family car. :P

Rear wheel drive 944's may be fantastically balanced country road cars but they don't do snow covered tracks like the one I live on so I am suffering at the mo.

I like a 350Z great 'enthusiasts car' , I'll keep my eyes open !

Check out my cars bloggy page if you're at a loose end

www.kfds.org.uk/porsche/porsche2.html

Cheers
Mas

[gtr-gaz]

Thanks for the warning.

How much extra time do I need to allow when I take my daughter to Stansted next Wednesday?

Will be hitting Hadham at about 9am.

Cheers

[ukmastiff]

Gaz , the roads here are totally clear at the mo and as for rush hour traffic/lights you wont have any real problem there in that direction at 9AM. Snow is predicted for Wed/Thu but not before but what do they know lol. I take it you will be comng along the A120 itself from the A10 not through Much Hadham and turning right ? , along the A120 has priority and wont really trouble you at 9AM. If you are coming from Much Hadham and turning right thats a different matter as clearly us village folk dont matter to the powers that be.

And Mr Ham :P you were spotted this morning by Mrs Mas who was in the T5. You were just leaving home in the big black beasty with the family

Cheers Mas

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[gtr-gaz]

/\ Ah, thanks. I assumed it was a problem with all traffic at the lights, didn't realise it was just the locals trying to get out onto the main roads.

That's ok then

[anonymous-user]

ukmastiff said:

Gaz , the roads here are totally clear at the mo and as for rush hour traffic/lights you wont have any real problem there in that direction at 9AM. Snow is predicted for Wed/Thu but not before but what do they know lol. I take it you will be comng along the A120 itself from the A10 not through Much Hadham and turning right ? , along the A120 has priority and wont really trouble you at 9AM. If you are coming from Much Hadham and turning right thats a different matter as clearly us village folk dont matter to the powers that be.

And Mr Ham :P you were spotted this morning by Mrs Mas who was in the T5. You were just leaving home in the big black beasty with the family

Cheers Mas

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it's a dog to drive BTW!

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[eastlmark]

ukmastiff said:

Gaz , the roads here are totally clear at the mo and as for rush hour traffic/lights you wont have any real problem there in that direction at 9AM. Snow is predicted for Wed/Thu but not before but what do they know lol. I take it you will be comng along the A120 itself from the A10 not through Much Hadham and turning right ? , along the A120 has priority and wont really trouble you at 9AM. If you are coming from Much Hadham and turning right thats a different matter as clearly us village folk dont matter to the powers that be.

And Mr Ham :P you were spotted this morning by Mrs Mas who was in the T5. You were just leaving home in the big black beasty with the family

Cheers Mas

Edited by ukmastiff on Saturday 16th January 18:14

Edited by ukmastiff on Saturday 16th January 18:16

Edited by ukmastiff on Saturday 16th January 18:19

Would give a bit of spare time, although the temporary lights that prompted my first post have now gone, the normal lights and queues are very unpredictable. 9am is not a safe time, yes it may well be clear but it could just as likely be backed up 2 miles as well. If the lights are working correctly though, the A120 flows do move pretty fast despite the tailback as the green phase is a long one.