>>>I think Americans routinely drive greater distances than us. I had a friend who thought it was no big deal to drive 600 miles at the weekend to go skiing.
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>>Wow! I'm driving 180 miles to Gloucestershire this Friday and I see that as a major undertaking. I guess it's easy to forget just how small the UK really is.
>>Hi ben
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>>Where in Gloucestershire are you going ( I was born there. In a town called >Berkeley)
>>I wouldn't find 180 miles that much. Beyond 300 miles starts to feel like a >trip. I took a job a couple of years ago that involved 240 miles of driving >every day and that really began to grate after a few weeks (luckily it was only >for about 5 or 6 weeks.)
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>>Nick
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>Believe it or not I'm going to Berkeley. There's a medieval festival at the castle this weekend and next and I'm helping run one of the Children's Attractions.
Ben

did you drive down or did you get news of the flooding first ?

I went over to Gloucestershire to see my parents on Friday. Usually takes me 2.5 hours on Friday took 6 hours because of flooding and landslides on the M4. Shouldn't have gone really as I'd seen the severe weather warnings .