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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 06:49:23 JST goatsarah

   Interesting question just came up re driving in the UK on Reddit. Someone wants to go from the M11 to the A3 and asks which way round the M25 they should go. These roads are pretty much equidistant regardless of whether you go clockwise or anti-clockwise round London.

   That’s the route we take to Scarlet, so I have opinions on this. Go clockwise from the M11 and you encounter the Dartford crossing. This is a toll crossing, and is often very congested.

   Go anti-clockwise and you pass the Heathrow section.

   For me, there is no contest. Pay the damn toll. It may be annoying to have to put up with the Dartford crossing, but the Heathrow section of the M25 is the very arsehole of hell and to be avoided at all costs.

   Interestingly, most commentators felt the same.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 07:06:00 JST goatsarah

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     • Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️
     @zo in reverse I still choose Dartford. There are usually queues for the tunnels, but Heathrow is still Satan’s very arsehole and I just can’t be doing with it.
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     Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️ (zo@cultofshiv.wtf)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 07:06:01 JST Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️

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     @goatsarah and it's going south over Dartford, I've always flown trough the crossing going south over the bridge, if it was closed that would be another matter, but if it's not 🤷🏼♀️ going north though it is always the problem 😱

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:21:26 JST goatsarah

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     • Charlotte Benton
     @c_j_benton Straight through will have you gibbering and worshiping Cthulhu by the time you come out the other side.
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     Charlotte Benton (c_j_benton@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:21:27 JST Charlotte Benton

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     @goatsarah Did anyone suggest going straight through? Doesn't the A3 technically go across London Bridge?