AstraVanMan wrote:

Works superbly though. I've also worked out a near-perfect route going the
other way too, by a bit of trial and error. It takes advantage of the
stationary traffic heading towards the A406 on Golders Green Road by cutting
across it and using the side roads.

Basically, from the North Circular just
west of the A10 junction it goes Melville Gardens, Upsdell Avenue/Berkshire
Gardens (the trick is to pick one not too close to the Clockhouse Junction
as that'll be full of rat-runners heading towards the A406), then cut
through to Palmerstone Road, cut through Finsbury Road, end of Nightingale
Road,

I used to aim for Upsdell Avenue and Whittington Road but there's too
much traffic rat-running the other way, plus there are too many that
turn right out of Upsdell Avenue that get in the way.

So now I use Sylvan Avenue or Woodside Avenue, then across into Truro
Road, across Palmerston Road and usually round Clarence Road to turn
right into Bounds Green Road.

right onto Bounds Green Road (quite easy as traffic comes in clear
fits and starts). Then head for Dukes Avenue/Queens Avenue, cut out the
East Finchley crossroads using Parkhall/Baronsmere Roads, then The Bishops
Avenue, right onto A1

Nasty turn. But I usually head down Muswell Hill Road and right into
Woodside Avenue, left onto A1000 then through the garage to get to the
A1 Westbound. Usually safe enough to follow that up to Henlys Corner as
the traffic queue from there is much shorter. However if you need to
get out before the merge then turn left into Kingsley Way or Northway.

, Winnington Road/Holne Chase/Meadway/Hoop Lane,

Here turn right into Temple Fortune Road at the roundabout then cross
over to Bridge Lane and join the North Circular Road there. In spite of
streetmap.co.uk there is indeed a junction there.

straight over Finchley Road, right onto Elmcroft/Beechcroft Avenue, head
down Ravenscroft Avenue to Golders Green Road, right onto that, then left
almost immediately onto Woodstock Avenue, and cut through to the
lesser-known junction of Western Avenue and the A406, and left onto the
A406. Works an absolute treat. And well done to those that stayed awake.

Why go onto Golders Green Road at all? Just cross it at Hoop Lane onto
Armitage Road, right into The Ridgeway, round into Wessex Gardens, then
right into Wessex Way and work your way through from there. There are a
couple of routes, the simplest being round Hamilton Road but you can
also get to Elmcroft Crescent, The Drive, Highfield Avenue and Western
Avenue as before.

I'd be interested to see if there's much difference between the two. Coming
off at J25 should be relatively easy because of the junction design
(dedicated lane for J25 - or have they changed it yet, for the greater good
of through traffic flow?), and obviously traffic heading towards London and
all the Brimsdown industrial estates is all coming in the opposite direction
so you'd be against the main flow of traffic. Obviously the A111 has that
going for it as well, but I'd choose the A1055 route myself.

If you really want the A1055 you can turn off the A111 onto the A1005
then back-roads north of Enfield via Gordon Hill hitting the A1055 at
Brimsdown.