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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by swftiger, Dec 4, 2013.

  1. swftiger

    swftiger Well-Known Member

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    Traffic at standstill on M1 and my ticket for tonight is on Tiger Travel,
     
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  2. GLP

    GLP Well-Known Member

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    Nevermind, there's always the radio!
     
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  3. Party Hull!

    Party Hull! Well-Known Member

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    Heard rumours of a possible delayed kick off, but I stress only rumours, nothing official.

    The M1 is apparently not reopening again until 6pm.

    Shall seek clarification.
     
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  4. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Turn around and collect at the ground. Simples. Or find out where TT plans to take its stops.
     
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    I think you've, er, misinterpreted him. (Well, it is the word of the week...)
     
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  6. swftiger

    swftiger Well-Known Member

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    Correct as I'm in Essex meeting up with two friends who may also be ticketless as well.Would have thought TT would use the A1 as I do for home matches.
     
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  7. Beverley_Tiger_998

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    You think you've got problems! I was working in the city today and finished up at 4. Ive had to go to the pub to kill some time before I head to the match!

    On a plus note the entire squad were walking around canary wharf earlier kitted up promoting the brand. Hope they found some new investors
     
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  8. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Oh, he's on tiger travel.

    Just looked at the update, it's closed southbound near me. Looks like its plain sailing up to jct 23 at Loughborough, there's a way which will add probably 5-10 minutes to your normal journey time. Leave at 23, get to groby by COUNTRY ROADS!!! Sat navs will want to take you straight onto the a50 at markfield and down the same route as the official diversion. The a50 can be excruciatingly slow between 5-6pm at the best of times without factoring in an m1 diversion route, speed cameras, traffic lights, roundabouts etc... It will be hideous. Upon reaching Groby then you have to take the small final stretch of diversion on a small bit of a50 and a46. This will also avoid long queues between 23 and 22 and also actually getting off at 22.

    This should save some decent time.
     
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  9. swftiger

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    Update.Coach trolling the roads of Leicester then driver change over at Watford Gap.Spoke to City and Arsenal ticket offices about situation if tickets not turn up, but no solutions. If late kickoff can't get back home so resigned to watch it on internet.
     
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  10. Chilton's Hundreds

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    First coach is through the worst according to twitter.

    Still might be touch and go for 7.45 kick off
     
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  11. swftiger

    swftiger Well-Known Member

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    Believe some coaches not affected but unfortunately not coach 10.
     
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  12. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Shame I didn't post that in time for people to pass on to their drivers. Overall journey would only have taken 5 minutes longer than normal if m1 was still operating as normal.

    It could have been posted 20 minutes earlier, but in the havoc of doing 3 things at once I hadn't realised my signal had dropped when I pressed post and it didn't submit <laugh>

    Life's a bitch eh.
     
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  13. Barmbys_Tan

    Barmbys_Tan Well-Known Member

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    Always thought Tiger Travel should have Plan B's in place for situations like this. Especially when traveling distances
     
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  14. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Black Hawk Helicopters?
     
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  15. captain caveman

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    Apache gunship would clear the blockage quicker!
     
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  16. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Impossible. It can happen anywhere at any time. No one could map every possible 'plan b' route for a hold up at any part of the journey. The diversions always take the piss too. It's easy for car drivers to just whip out a map and find a quiet way round on side roads. For coaches, a lot of roads aren't suitable and they'd never know until they actually go down the road. Could be hump, back bridges, single track, unsurfaced, too tight bends etc...
     
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  17. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    Plus Tickles is on TT and he will not deviate from a KFC route.
     
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  18. swftiger

    swftiger Well-Known Member

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    Being caught in a hold up on a motorway never occurs where there is a convenient slip-road exit.I assume they use the M1 for its choice of "comfort" breaks. I would use the A15, A46 and A1.
     
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  19. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    I use the m1 to go anywhere north including hull. Quicker and easier. And cheaper.

    About convenient secondary routes, I agree, except for this one. There's often accidents there, and there's a peach of a way around. The way the official diversion has gone is atrocious though for the volumes of traffic that will be using the m1.
     
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  20. SydneyTiger14

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    My mate is driving up from Surrey and is stuck in similar traffic, so a delayed KO would be a god-send!
     
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