RAC and AA route planner.

[bikerpiker]

Goin oor holidays next Fri , driving down to Poole on the South coast, so i decided to check out route recommendations as per AA and RAC website's route planners.

Was amazed to find they give different routes ,AA route is via Bristol then Bath/Warminster................Rac route is bypassing Oxford, Newbury and Southampton , and this is my usual route i take every year.

Makes you wonder why they don't come up with the same route though

[Pete.L]

Any difference in the mileage? or times?
I'd of thought M6, M5, M4 and then either shoot down through Chippenham or Bath would be quickest.

Pete.l

[bikerpiker]

AA - Fenwick,Ayrshire - Poole ,Dorset -- 453 miles ,8hrs 10 mins ----via M6/M40/A34 Southampton
RAC - Fenwick,Ayrshire - Poole ,Dorset -- 477 miles, 8hrs 20 mins ----via M6/M5/M4 Bristol/Bath/Warminster.

I kind of know the Bristol route,sos i went to Cornwall that route ,and also been to Longleat Safari Park at Warminster from Poole ,so i know most of it .
We always go by the route the AA are reccommending ,but even at 8am the traffic starts to tail back around the New Forest area.
I probably wont make up my mind till im half way through my journey

[cupasoop]

What about google maps

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&sourc ... 753418&z=6[/googlemap]
Driving directions to Poole, Dorset, UK 478 mi – about 8 hours 8 mins

[bikerpiker]

That's my usual route ,most likely the way i'll go.

[bikerpiker]

Stevie, used to cover that area as an engineer years ago and also lived in Worcestershire, listen to the AA unless its a Friday, then i would go the RAC route from up norf, ie down the A34 and across.

Leaving here Fri @ midnight Tim,so roads will be ok,thats the idea anyway.

Sometimes we fly down, but usually we leave at Mid-day Fri to drive down ,and go into Cherwell Valley travelodge at Bicester/Oxford,...the problem with that is by the time we go for breakfast on the Sat mornin, and leave for the south coast, the fookn roads are chockablock

[Pete.L]

Especially with the Kids breaking up for summer.
I've seen Que's on the M5 southbound 20 miles north of Bristol at 9 in the morning. It's not uncommon.
Only problem with today's traffic is one bump and it all comes to a stand still.

Pete.l