"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:29:24 +0000, Malcolm Stewart wrote:

I've lived in MK for just over two years, and relatively frequently travel
(mostly at the weekend) to and from the North West, both by train and car.
I can honestly say the (usually short) delays I have encountered when
travelling by rail are nothing to what the M6 and M1 cause on regular
occasions.

Things may improve with the M6 Toll, but seeing as I tend to get delayed
more around the Keele/Stafford area (no good parallelling A-roads there,
either) than in Birmingham, I don't hold out a lot of hope.

Must agree that when I stuck to the M1, M6 (and M6, M1 return) delays were
frequently quite bad, but having had to do this run every weekend for many
months when sorting out my late father's estate, I found other more reliable
routes - using the A5, A34 initially, and more recently the dual carriage A50.
I now use the A50 to get from the M1 jnct 23A as far as Stoke, and then the A500
to the A34 south of Congleton. It's not the fastest route, but I have enough
local knowledge to bypass the rare holdup, and I normally arrive in a good
temper.

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M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
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