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Thought I'd go for a trip to Somerset on Sat (don't ask). Set out at 9am from Walsall looking forward to a nice trip down the M5, about two and a half hours.

Got on at Junction 1. M5 closed at junction 5 Have to go cross country. Eventually navigate by atlas (no sat-nav) to just north of Stow-on -the-Wold. Hit Huuuuuge traffic jam. Crawl for next couple hours ...

... arrive at Stow-on the-Wold and tiptoe through water that is covering my wheel arches. BUT the road clears and off we go ...

... arrive at M5 Junction 11 (Bristol) run straight into Holiday traffic (in Britain the First day of the school Summer Hiolidays everyone and his f****ing caravan decides to drive aimlessly on all the roads for about 2 weeks). So we crawl for what seems like forever...

Leave Walsall 09:00
Arrive Destination: 16:30
Ended up staying overnight and travelling home the next day...
Travel time home: 1 3/4 hours.

Passsed the River Avon, looked like a lake with just a couple of roofs sticking out of it :S