Driving Hours
Posted: Thu 11 October, 2007 Filed under: Travel 1 Comment »Yesterday turned into one hell of a long day, what with fixing the problems at work first thing in the morning, and then driving to and from London. It meant I covered about 400 miles all told, and drove for abut 7½ hours.
OK, it was spread out – an hour to Cambridge, then 3 hours there, and an hour back. Later on, three hours in the car (thanks to a nasty accident in Whitechapel meaning a diversion) so we arrived at about 6.15, then leaving That There Lunnun at 10.45, and finally arriving home at 1am. The drive home was a pig, with fog on the roads, and an accident on the A11 meaning we had to do a small diversion, but we still made good time all told.
It made for one hell of a long (and knackering) day, and I’m still recovering today – I must be getting old, the recovery speed just isn’t the same as it used to be – but it was well worth it all the same.
Last time I drove for 7 hours in a day was in Alaska and all in one direction. But there were no other cars, or traffic lights, or diversions, and I had cruise control on the whole time, so it was fine.
I hate long drives in Ireland/UK, they’re always a complete bastard.