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Road to hell, road to bliss...
« on: 15 March 2012, 01:10:02 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #1 on: 15 March 2012, 06:46:44 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #2 on: 15 March 2012, 07:35:39 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #3 on: 15 March 2012, 07:37:42 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #4 on: 15 March 2012, 09:56:03 »

As per Chris Rea's song "Road to Hell"...........the M25!!
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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #5 on: 15 March 2012, 09:59:29 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #6 on: 15 March 2012, 10:25:56 »

Road to hell. Any journey I have to make. Road to Heaven any journey I want to make.  ;)
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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #7 on: 15 March 2012, 10:32:23 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #8 on: 15 March 2012, 11:43:00 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #9 on: 15 March 2012, 11:44:09 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #10 on: 15 March 2012, 12:49:56 »

I'm already living in it..where ever I go.. except the summers when I go Ölüdeniz.. ;D
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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #11 on: 15 March 2012, 13:01:26 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #12 on: 15 March 2012, 13:37:31 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #13 on: 15 March 2012, 13:47:11 »

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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Re: Road to hell, road to bliss...
« Reply #14 on: 15 March 2012, 16:54:23 »

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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