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I am helping my sister move house from Wolverhampton to Haverfordwest Monday morning. We have quite a slow convoy! 2 trucks, Two Landrovers a boat and my odenary car. Is the M5 fully open is Camathan passable.211 miles
or is the brecon route open?
167 miles
a449
a451
a456
a44
a481
a483
a40
a4242


is Camathan passable. We cant take any risks, Three under 6 year olds, whole life possessions and all that.
Cheers Anton

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Speed limit sign radio interview. TV Snap Unhappy
“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

This may help:

Traffic England

What an excellent site. Cheers Johnsher

Anton,

Do you want to avoid motorways? If not (and we travel from Shropshire to South Wales often), maybe try this:

A4123 from Wolvo to J2 of the M5
M5 to J8 (M50)
M50 to Ross
A40 past Monmouth
Keep following signs for Newport
At M4 turn right towards Cardiff
M4 all the way to Pont Abraham near Llanelli
A40 to Carmarthen

If M-Ways are a no-no, try:

A41 or A449 from Wolvo to pick up the M54
M54 to Shrewsbury
Left on to A49 south
At island outside Leominster, 2nd exit into town
Mini island 1st exit
Sharp right after 300 yards
Take right hand lane at traffic lights
Turn right
Straight over mini island (with supermarket on LHS)
Take left fork at pub on left
Follow signs for Brecon
Eventually, you'll cross the River Wye near Glasbury and get to to a T-junction. Turn right.
You'll be on the A438 at this point, and travelling through Aberllynfi, Bronllys, Felinfach etc
At the first island on the Brecon Bypass, take the 2nd exit.
Next island, take the first exit (A470).
Follow this road to the junction with the A465.
Turn right on to the 465
Stay on this road past Hirwaun until it becomes DC, and eventually shortly after passing the exit for Neath on your left you'll get to a large island over the M4.
Turn right on to the M4 westbound (Carmarthen should be signposted)
Keep going to the end of the M4, then pick up the A40 to Carmarthen.

Phew.

Funny how routes that you drive so often and become second nature are difficult to describe

Anyhoo. Hope this helps...

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Simon

Anton - bit of a long slog, perhaps, but some LA counties have lists of roads with problems on the net - just looked at Warks - roads/places are named, with problems eg passable with care etc.

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

many thanks, looking at all the info it looks like its just the two or three places on the telly flooded. the river wye looks very full but not closing roads. we are sending rusty the 20 year old landrover ahead followed by her 2 week old posh one! (the last one was nicked at birmingham airport) then the trucks then the toyota. I love driving through water but I did sink a fiesta once in a small ford and know exactly how fast it gets scary. The rear end started floating and I nearly ended up under a foot bridge.

There is lots of news but no definative list of open or shut routes. It loooks like we are using sigmas route with sat nav back up incase we get diverted.
Going out to buy a 48 hour picnic..

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Speed limit sign radio interview. TV Snap Unhappy
“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

We did it. There were a few closed bridges in the valleys.

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Speed limit sign radio interview. TV Snap Unhappy
“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code