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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Rods2 on 15 March 2012, 01:10:02
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We all hate going to certain places, so the journey there is the road to hell, and the return jouney as you leave the area the road to bliss.
My road to bliss, used to be A3 / M3 to Portsmouth / Southampton / Poole to catch a ferry to France for a holiday / weekend break, :y :y :y and the road to hell was the return journey to join the Monday morning rat-race. >:( >:( >:(
What is your road to hell and road to bliss?
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As I wrote recently I moved from home next to Ukrainian border to live cheaper. After a private life disaster I had no time to hesitate but did and done. My road to bliss is my way home where I was born and where my family and friends live. The road to hell is my coming back to a cheap but really sh*t place where I am living now...This road is real and symbolic, too....
Very good question Rods, thank you! :y
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A few for me:
I had family living in Spain. Journey is nearly 1700km. Journey is done in one go - whilst family sleep and enterain each other, I drive. The going is great. This is bliss. Returning is awful, especially because the end of any long journey is tiresome. This one is particulary bad, as it feels like when you "nearly home" you've still got 200km to go. Not alot, but after 1500km ...it's long. This is hell.
My eldest daughter lives with her mother, 65km away. Usually I pick up my daughter from school, but occasionally have to pick up from her mothers place. One time I did this journey, and just as I was within 10km of her place, the radio station played Chris Rea's Road to hell. Thought it was fitting (not from my daughter POV of course.)
Last one. A mixture. When returning here from a visit to the UK, I love coming home. That's the bliss part.
The hell part is purely as a result of the road network.
From Calais to here, (not so far - 450km) the journey can be broken down into little segments, with each "segment" defined by motorway changes, city ring road, country border. After that final motorway change, when I feel I am nearing home and usually starting to feel a little tired and relaxed, I spot a sign "Luxembourg 159km" and then adding on the exta 40km for me, the near home feeling suddenly dissipates. Happens every time. ??? I know the sign is there, but still it gets me.
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My Road to hell is anywhere over 60 miles away from home when I have to drive. Don't really have a road to heaven, except maybe when Allington Lane near me still had a national speed limit and I still one of my Manta GTE's. That put a big smile on my face. Sadly now has 40mph limit, no reason for change as far as I can see as no new properties or new roads have been built anywhere near it.
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As per Chris Rea's song "Road to Hell"...........the M25!!
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A85 Dundee to Perth, both ways, hateful dual carraigeway, don't know why, even now when I don't even live there but sometimes have to use it when back in Scotland.
I just hate it.
Bliss, is the journey from Forfar to Kyle of Localsh, great single track in places and brilliant scenery.
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Road to hell. Any journey I have to make. Road to Heaven any journey I want to make. ;)
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Road to hell is the A4123 (Birmingham New Road) from Wolverhampton to Birmingham. Just a total car park. Road to bliss is the
A49 from Chester through Whitchurch, Shrewsbury, Church Stretton and down in to hereford. Hardly any traffic and just lots of open and twisty bits :)
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Road to bliss .................... B1248 upto Malton then the A169 upto Whitby on a Sunday morning in summer before the bikers / coppers get out of bed :y
Road to hell ................ Any road were coffin dodgers are sat nose to tail at 45 mph >:( >:( >:(
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roads m3 m25 m4 m40 working nights at paddington station,single lane road works speed cameras slip roads closed from m3 to m25,a329m to m4 last night no warning,road to bliss coming home.
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I'm already living in it..where ever I go.. except the summers when I go Ölüdeniz.. ;D
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Road to bliss .................... B1248 upto Malton then the A169 upto Whitby on a Sunday morning in summer before the bikers / coppers get out of bed :y
Road to hell ................ Any road were coffin dodgers are sat nose to tail at 45 mph >:( >:( >:(
Gods own country, I remember it well.
My road to hell? Pretty much anywhere in the Uk now especially the Midlands and Birmingham.
Heaven? Granada to the Sierra Nevadas in southern Spain. You rise to 2250 metres above sea level and can see forever!
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Road to bliss..............Orlando-Miami....................Miami-Orlando, 230 miles of totally relaxed driving on the Florida Turnpike.
Road to hell...............Most of `em in this shitehole known as the UK
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road to hell, m25 and getting to holloway to visit friends, bliss is hitting the m3 on way back
also, hell is the a303 to cornwall, bliss is hitting the a30 in any direction lol especially hate the a303 at school holidays around stone henge
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road to hell, m25 and getting to holloway to visit friends, bliss is hitting the m3 on way back
also, hell is the a303 to cornwall, bliss is hitting the a30 in any direction lol especially hate the a303 at school holidays around stone henge
Prison or College? ;)
The A303 is a mixed one for me. Used to take a lot of holidays in North Devon, so good from that point of view, but when it goes wrong it's not a nice place to be.
Best way is to tackle it a 4 AM. I remember, back before most of it was dual carriageway, making Camberley to Barnstaple in a shade under 2 hours in an MG Montego (yes, making it at all was impressive, of course!). Oh, the pre-Gatso days. ::)
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I have 2 roads to heaven. 1 the road into calaise docks to come home. 2 as Dan says the A49 we truckers call it scenic rout to south wales.
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:) Road from Newcastle to Edinburgh via Wooler (avoid the A1 at all costs !) some tremendous scenery and never gets that busy :y
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road to hell, m25 and getting to holloway to visit friends, bliss is hitting the m3 on way back
also, hell is the a303 to cornwall, bliss is hitting the a30 in any direction lol especially hate the a303 at school holidays around stone henge
Prison or College? ;)
The A303 is a mixed one for me. Used to take a lot of holidays in North Devon, so good from that point of view, but when it goes wrong it's not a nice place to be.
Best way is to tackle it a 4 AM. I remember, back before most of it was dual carriageway, making Camberley to Barnstable in a shade under 2 hours in an MG Montego (yes, making it at all was impressive, of course!). Oh, the pre-Gatso days. ::)
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LOL they have a house there ;)
took me 3.50mins from here (pretty much where the a303 starts) to porthallow on the lizard peninsula last time, the last stretch through all the tiny lanes takes the longest lol, with light traffic. its nice on the A30 now its pretty much all dual carrigeway to penzance, and the gatso's are pretty much all off all the way :y
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Hell = M6 friday afternoons (another dose coming tomorrow)
Bliss = A57 over the pennines at dawn on a sunday (ie no other tinker around so I can step the back end out )
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Road to hell - any that head south
road to bliss - any that head north
:D :D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Road to hell - any that head south
road to bliss - any that head north
:D :D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too ambiguous Phil, what about those that head north and south from Manchestaaaa?
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Road to hell - any that head south
road to bliss - any that head north
:D :D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too ambiguous Phil, what about those that head north and south from Manchestaaaa?
Still applies (demarcation really at Luton)
but was TIC really :P
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As per Chris Rea's song "Road to Hell"...........the M25!!
totally agre with you Bob the sausage hate the M25 with a passion :y :y
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Road to hell - any that head south
road to bliss - any that head north
:D :D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Too ambiguous Phil, what about those that head north and south from Manchestaaaa?
Still applies (demarcation really at Luton)
but was TIC really :P
was gonna say south paradise warm tropical breezes palm trees golden sandy beeches tropical clear waters cobbled streets
and chavs that fink dey cum from landan town init no wat i mean even tho we 70 miles away but rather sounds good
plus local village shops like tesgo and insainsbury cafe bars jazz bars carnavals
and chavs that normally meet at the brain food shop mc donughts in thier 1.3 chav mobiles wheeel spinning round the car park and throwing thier litter everywhere
down soufff we got it all
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As per Chris Rea's song "Road to Hell"...........the M25!!
Now think about what driving around the SE was like before the M25.
I live in Chatham, and used to see my grandparents in Crawley 45 miles away. That would take 2 hours, whether we went through Tonbridge and East Grinstead, or Sevenoaks and Redhill. I worked in Crawley for more years than I want to think about, and if it took an hour it had been a bad trip. 45 minutes is easy, and at the right time of day, 30 minutes.
Going to High Wycombe to see my great grandmother used to be an awful trip across Tolworth towards Slough and up. Took 3 hours each way if we were lucky. Now it's an hour, not that I've anyone to see there now!
Heathrow is an hour away. Or God knows how long around the South Circular or up to the river and out along the A4.
The M25 isn't the road to Hell, but the road around Hell! But all big cities are crap places to drive; try Paris!
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Road to bliss .................... B1248 upto Malton then the A169 upto Whitby on a Sunday morning in summer before the bikers / coppers get out of bed :y
Road to hell ................ Any road were coffin dodgers are sat nose to tail at 45 mph >:( >:( >:(
Gods own country, I remember it well.
My road to hell? Pretty much anywhere in the Uk now especially the Midlands and Birmingham.
Heaven? Granada to the Sierra Nevadas in southern Spain. You rise to 2250 metres above sea level and can see forever
That's a hard one to beat Varche, I'd love to see that :y
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Hell! But all big cities are crap places to drive; try Paris!
Did that for 5 years in a british plated car. An interesting experience I can tell you ;D ;D
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Hell! But all big cities are crap places to drive; try Paris!
Did that for 5 years in a british plated car. An interesting experience I can tell you ;D ;D
Paris is fun :y . As is Rome.
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i love the road to my home town in germany but dont like it when we come back :y :y :y
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i love the road to my home town in germany but dont like it when we come back :y :y :y
Why didn't you live over there then mate?
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i love the road to my home town in germany but dont like it when we come back :y :y :y
Why didn't you live over there then mate?
we did for 8 years but when father in law died wife wanted to come back even she said we made the wrong move to come back but cant be bothered to move again :y :y :y :y
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This one :y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kli07_qcaOM&feature=related
Three of us do it a couple of times a year, Manta ( me ) ,E30 and Mk2 Escort .
Quite a spontaneous thing usually after a call the previous evening after seeing that the forecast is good we're up there about 6am. A bit more sedate than Mcrae but at that time , deer aside >:(, you can enjoy the road .
Watching the sun rise up there is a very beautiful thing. Carry on down to Sneem for breakfast and then back along the coast road ,collect the papers ,and home for 10.
Hell ? Nope , can't think of one ......... ;D
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I used to work for an adventure travel company as a driver/tour guide based in Africa and ran 13 week trips from Nairobi, Kenya down to Cape Town, South Africa, in converted Mercedes 1617 trucks. Depending on the clients the 13 weeks was a blast and would certainly class as my road to (in!) heaven. :y :y :y
At the end of the trip however, we'd 'double man' back to Nairobi and with no tacho regs to worry about it was non stop!! Provided we timed the border crossings right we'd do the 5000kms on rough African roads in 4 days!! Hard going and at times certainly the road to hell!!! ::) ::) ::)
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My road to hell is all the ones that take me to work, but the bliss roads are the same roads on the way back home :y :y
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I reckon hell has to be the A12 for me, particularly inside the M25. Also has to be heaven really as it's normally taking me to a job ::)
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High Wycombe to Coombe martin, 1 hour 50 minutes..... the day after i got married...... 1990...
the only time in my life i have EVER seen the M4 that empty at 10-10.30 am sunday morning..... (the M5 wasn't bad either)
hopped up sennie, on full chat....(end of the speedo territory) passed all of 3 vehicles between maidenhead and bristol.
one of those was a stripey Jag..... reading his sunday paper... ;)
oddly (bloody lucky really) decided not to give chase..... mind you, the sennie was big, and very white, and fairly recently ex-job (TVP) and with 3 aerials on the roof.. (2 phone, and one 2 way radio... ) , all fully legit.... ;D
(it seemed important at the time..... the holiday park office closed at 12, we over slept and didn't a
wake up till 9.45... 15 minutes to get up, pack, load the car.... and fill up with fuel.... hit the A404 marlow bypass at 10 on the dot, pulled in to the holiday camp at 11.50 to start our honeymoon ( i TOLD you it seemed important... )
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My road to heaven though.....
A499 , then B4417 to Llangwnadl.
gorgeous.... great to drive when it's not full of bloody tourists.... good fast straights.... great twisty bits.... fantastic scenery.
and family & friends at the end of it...
what more can a man ask?
road to hell.
pretty much everything in south east of england,.
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m6 northbound on a friday night >:(
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Road to bliss is the A49 from Chester through Whitchurch, Shrewsbury, Church Stretton and down in to hereford. Hardly any traffic and just lots of open and twisty bits :)
Really? Must be a different '49 to the one I know ;D