Of being able to drive from Brighton to Middlesbrough next thursday without hitting any snow? I havnt read much about the weather for next week. Ive just read also that the 23rd is the busiest day to be on the road....Gggggreat!

its quite bad up here again terri, im not too far from Middlesborough, hope it improves by next week.

Im not sure hun, were driving upto Northallerton tomorrow night and im hoping I can get to Teesside Park on Saturday as I have date with Mamas and Papas xx

hmmmmmm, its pretty much motorway isn't it, so if its not heavy snow you'd be ok, but up north they did struggle to keep the roads ice free last week

I think it should be fine once you hit the motorways hun. M25 might be a bit of a nightmare with traffic - last minute shoppers etc but once you hit the M1/A1M you should be fine - they usually manage to keep that clear. The problems might come when you come off onto the smaller roads up north if they have had bad snow, you'll have to keep in touch with family to see what it's like at their end hun.

What time of day are you seting off? Normally I would reccomend driving through the night to avoid rush hour traffic etc but having Tay in the car if anything were to happen at night might be a bit daunting . We will be driving up north that day too but wont be setting off till the kids bedtime so they sleep all the way in the car and we dont have to stop for feeds/bum changes. We only have a 2 1/2 hour journey though - not 5 1/2

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Well were going to set off about 6ish after Tay had been bathed and fed and ready for bed and then she will sleep the whole way (fingers crossed, she did last time!) and we got there at 1am then
Like you said though it the getting off the A1 (i think) which will be the worrying bit, Inlaws have just gone and got a house out in the sticks too so dodgy country roads ekk....
I was hoping it would snow heavy so we didnt have to go but now i feel guilty! Good luck on ur trip Debs

LMAO Terri - just think what a lovely Christams you are gonna have in that big old romantic house though - it will be magical once you get there!
Good luck hunni - tell Luke to drive carefully!

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Ahh you make everything sound positive....but you forget its the inlaws house....which means they will be there Haha nah their not too bad!
Still got to get my xmas cd to play on the way up too

Yey!! and don't forget to wrap some tinsel round your car ariel! If you're gonna do it hun - do it right



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Hahaha! Ok ok ill make sure its done! Might even go the whole hog and get some xmas scented airfreshners

i'd say good luck!!!

we're heading down south to kent on sunday but not holding out much hope of actually being able to get there

if you have to do the M1/A1M...i cannot recommend enough using the A1M...me and sam use it every trip and haven't ever got stuck in bad traffic

Thanks Kenty, good luck getting to Kent too! Its snowing now the other side if Brighton so looks like its going to hit us very soon

Hope u manage to get up there safety and isnt to much trouble xx

Thanks Carla I hope so too!

Hi hun, we have just come up from Oxfordshire and the only place we saw snow was Warwickshire, no snow here in Northallerton XX

Kenty, I'm in Essex next door to Kent and it's not bad snow we had a melt then we've had another 5cm yesterday but nothing since - is it gillingham you're off to. My oh 'rents live in Chatham if you need updates:) roads are fine especially motorways - just avoid bloody lakeside and bluewater traffic or trading hours - I'm hoping to head over to Sheppey to deliver to a nursery - photo orders so best be able to make it


Good luck all you ladies and gents travelling over Christmas take care xxx

Kenty, take that back almost as I finished typing that it started to blizzard... Currently at about 4" doh! The boys dad lives in gravesend and can't get to the A2 to come and collect them for his weekend with them - second time in a fortnight this has happened
Will keep you updated