 Poster: A snowHead
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Right so I am off to cham on the 13:30 tunnel tomorrow (Friday). 8 inches of snow is forecast for Kent overnight and in the morning with travel disruption predicted. What do I do,
a/ get a B and B in Dover and go down tonight
b/ take a chance and go in the morning
btw the start point is Birmingham
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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jbob, busy motorways all the way, you'll be fine. Allow an extra 90mins and go b/
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jbob, Hard to say. cant believe we will get 8 inches (oh er missus) but the problem with the M20 is that with the strong north wind that we have at the moment will cause the snow to drift off the north downs. But having said that, the road is busy at all times so it should nt be a problem, - go for option b, leave extra time and see if you can get an earlier train if all goes well. I have driven down to folkestone down the M20 with hard packed snow on the road all the way, no problem. Snow is also forecast for northern france as well. TIP - Make sure you fill up your windscreen washer with neat screenwash, because once the roads are salted and if your washers freeze you wont be able to see where your going.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm on the 07.30 tomorrow morning .....it'll be fine .........I hope 
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BergenBergen, good tip. i get the -60C stuff that smells like turkish delight.
Other handy tip is... if you have SkyTV, I think you get *all* the regional BBC1 variations now? so ch983 tells you whether kent is submerged in 3cm of snow or not, plus tells you delays on tunnel/ferries.
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jbob, go now and get an extra days skiing in 
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you're probably not going to get 20cm of fresh in cham in the next few days so stay in kent and put in some low angle pow turns. Are there hill in kent?
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if they are predicating 8 inches then i would leave now as last year when the south east had the same amount the whole place ground to a halt and it was as though nowhere else in britain gets snow like it!!! I even remember a documentary on it about some guy who walked for 5 hours to get to work through the "blizzards" as the roads were "impassable" due to all the silly southerners who all of a sudden cant drive when the snowflakes arrive!!! So if i were you i would set off at around 7pm from brum then hopefully you will avoid the majority of rush hour (unless there have been a few snowflakes already which will send the southerners crashing into the central reservation, hedges, other vehicles) and like you said, stop outside of dover or somewhere nearby. Good luck and hey, you made need the chains on this side of th channel for once rather than the other side!!!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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andy, The white cliffs experience just outside Dover is marked as an itinerie on the map, slightly steeper than the north downs
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BergenBergen, white cliffs are a bit steeper than I'm used to. Best to take a parachute.
Judging by the news this morning, I guess the OP will be stuck in a 6inch snowdrift. Oh and M20 apparently closed (as always). One day the Kentish gritter lorry drivers might listen to the BBC news rather than read (well look at) the Sun while drinking tea with 23 sugars 
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You know it makes sense.
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Looks like I/we got it completely wrong. M20 jammed at Maidstone and M2 Jammed at Chatham. A249 and A229 shut at Detling and Bluebell hills. About 6 ins of snow . Strangely, doesnt look like any snow down at Folkestone on the webcam
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| BergenBergen wrote: |
| Looks like I/we got it completely wrong. M20 jammed at Maidstone and M2 Jammed at Chatham. A249 and A229 shut at Detling and Bluebell hills. About 6 ins of snow . Strangely, doesnt look like any snow down at Folkestone on the webcam |
Hope all the that were trying to get away this morning, manage to get away ok.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| jbob wrote: |
Right so I am off to cham on the 13:30 tunnel tomorrow (Friday). 8 inches of snow is forecast for Kent overnight and in the morning with travel disruption predicted. What do I do,
a/ get a B and B in Dover and go down tonight
b/ take a chance and go in the morning
btw the start point is Birmingham |
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c/ go to Kent because there is more snow than in cham at the moment
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There was up update on Radio Kent from a guy driving the "Ginsters" van, stuck on the M20 - said anyone who could see him and wanted something to eat just come up to his van..
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I was in a similar situation a couple of years ago and decided to drive down to Ashford the day before. I was glad I did as the roads were chaos the next morning.
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Boredsurfin having a fun time on M20 but please to say he has made the tunnel and is about to board
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Mouth wrote: |
| Boredsurfin having a fun time on M20 but please to say he has made the tunnel and is about to board |
I'm sure the winter tyres came in handy...and only a few hours late then - should still make last orders in monty...
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