[Phaedra]

I’m taking my daughter up to Glasgow in October to see an Australian podcast show (Aunty Donna).  She’s seen them before and I like most of their stuff so we’re having a “Dad’s and Daughters” couple of days away.  So if anyone has driven that route recently any insights into traffic etc.?

Now, here’s the problem, I can get train tickets for about £65 with my diasabled railcard which I need to renew before December anyway as we’re using the train then to get to Liverpool for a Xmas cruise.

Or, I can drive, it’s about 170 miles each way so would have to stop off to charge at some point but found a 150kW charger for 51p/kW using Electroverse and as I have £10 free credit it won’t cost me very much to top it up enough to get home.

The problem is that I don’t know if I can still drive that far, the furthest I’ve driven in the last 30+ years is about 140 miles each way with 2 weeks in Florida inbetween (Manchester Airport).  I have done the drive up the A74 before, last time was 3 days after Lockerbie on Xmas Eve, we’d booked a cabin at Loch Awe for Xmas week with our eldest when he was barely a toddler, driving past the wreckage etc was not good  🙁
Anyway, I really don’t know if I can drive that far, obviously I’ll have to make a couple of rest stops but I don’t think I can manage driving back again the next day.

• This topic was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Phaedra. Reason: Forgot about driving to Mancheter Airport a few years ago!

Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!

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[DumfriesDik]

It’s my local road!

There are plenty of chargers on it, with some just off, including Tesla chargers. The FastNed at Hamilton are good, but the food (McDo) is a bit of a hike. We sometimes stop at Abington for a splash and dash, with a BK of course! It is Applegreen, Tesla and I think Gridserve.

Carlisle has a good IONITY just off J44 with a Starbucks if that is your thing.

Is there anything else I help with?

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[Phaedra]

Thanks  🙂

I’m still deciding if I can do it or not!, train is about 3hrs from Durham with only 1 change, with my railcard it’s £65 for the two of us and a mere £87 for a Premier Inn (Buchanan Galleries)!.  So far getting there/back is costing twice as much as the tickets for the show!!  Add in dinner and breakfast and I may have to sell the cat!

Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!

[DumfriesDik]

Well, Dumfries is about half way between Durham and Glasgow, if you need a comfort break and rest for an hour or however long, you would be welcome. We have tea!

 

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