David Fleming wrote on 17 Sep 2017 at 21:40 ...
Hi guys and girls,

As per the title really, Im starting a new job in Hemel and travelling from Watford. Driving, and trying to find the least painful morning route.

Will be going from WD17 to HP1, so central Watford to central Hemel.

Google maps reckons either M1 or A41 (plus some backroads). A paltry 17/ 19 minutes either way on a Sunday evening, presumably significantly longer on a weekday morning.

Presumably? Why not ask Google? You can set any date in the future and an arrival or a departure time. It will give you a range from X to Y minutes, where X is usually the no-traffic time and Y is a reasonable worst estimate. (That's worst in a typical month, not worst ever.)

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Richard J.
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