On Mar 11, 12:14*pm, wrote:

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:30:55 -0800 (PST)
Mizter T wrote:
If you live near clapham why would you need to go near the M25 to get to
gatwick? Straight down the A23 onto the M23.

Says the man who evidently doesn't know about the A23! The train is
the very clear winner for any such journey.

Huh? The point was how he got there by road. Unless you suggest driving along
the railway line.

We're having a bit of a misunderstanding here - see Paul Terry's reply
re the road route out to Gatwick from where he is (which takes in the
M25). "Straight down the A23" is basically only possible at night or
in the early morning!