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Got to head oop north (A419 -> M5 -> M6) later and wondered if anyone has any insight into the kind of conditions I can expect on this journey please?

Satnav doesn't seem to show it as being unusually arduous, but I'm sure there are people on here who've driven these roads over the last few days and can give me a real world view.

Thanks x

Don’t listen to anything PaulD says, he’ll likely to tell you to top yourself rather than attempt a journey of such arduousness.

You’ll be fine, just drive like a fucking loony, you’ll be surprised at how clear the roads suddenly become.

 I remember when the 419 was still a Roman Road, that simple fencing was placed in the fields just off the road. Basically some poles (no not a use for our Eastern European chums) held together by wire. The snow rather than drifting in off the fields, banked up on the fence.

I've never felt more uneasy driving in 20 years as a truck driver than I did yesterday. Today seems equally as bad. My advice is to only drive if it's vital and you have no choice. Ask yourself if it's worth it.

Isn’t the 419 closed due to the snow plough getting stuck

No thats A346 to Marlborough

Fuck off you tart, my complaint was that the council are shit, not that the conditions are too difficult to drive in. I'm in work today, are you?

Don't do it Bazza

Come on Reg, you remember when the Romans built it

Thanks. I'm certainly more leaning towards staying home, but I'm not sure whether tomorrow will be any better.

Might wait until late - it's not my Fangio like driving skill that concerns me, but that of the other idiots.

I think my back end might have started to go as well.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-43253427/bus-driver-charmaine-laurie-talks-how-she-narrowly-avoided-crash

I've just driven a mile to my parents' house to collect my kids, and regretted not walking over almost as soon as I had left.  Horrible driving conditions here - although I'm maybe 90 mins east of you.

I wouldn't go out today unless you absolutely had to.  Tomorrow will be better.

Took me 3 1/2 hours to get home this morning. 12 miles. And that was in a 4x4

did you shit yourself in the end?

Not quite. Got out in a queue of traffic and stood at the side of the road in full view having a piss though...

Zero fucks given

Should've been working from Marlborough yesterday. Glad I didn't make the effort because if I had got there I'd probably still be there now.

Colleagues made the effort to drive in today but I took one look outside and decided it's not worth it. If they want to crash/get stranded/freeze to death it's up to them. I'm cosy and warm on my sofa.

👮 advice was don't travel unless absolutely necessary..

so I didn't.

glad you avoided a code brown Tans

They reckon it might cloud over here a bit later

We were told Thursday morning not to travel unless absolutely necessary. Unfortunately I have the disadvantage that remote working is essentially the same as office working, even my mobile has a VoIP app to behave like my desk phone.

That's fucking cool. What app is it?

We use a similar thing called RingCentral.

I braved the cross town journey from Moredon to Croft, solely because I had plans to go out in old town after work and wasn’t willing to let a bit of snow hamper that

Have to say that the main roads tonight seemed absolutely fine, and given the forecast for the morning I daresay tomorrow game would actually be able to go aheadk

Ooh controversial.... I don't think we're into di Canio shovelling snow territory  here.

Best it's off, the loss of cash from Yeovil travelling support, will be minimal, and I don't think the TEF Flitters outers will suddenly turn up.for the re-arranged fixture.

The roads in Old Town, Swindon are completely passable & the pavements are fun to trudge in the snow. What is the problem everyone? Why drive a mile in any conditions when you can walk.

I have shovelled snow off CG pitch on a few occasions in attempts to get games on. It's heavy stuff.

Yeah Ok.But a good majority of support is from outside swindon, a few main roads being open is all where I live, towns and villages are cut off and roads blocked. Surely calling the game off is common sense for every one!

Wish the snow would piss off now.

We hear this a lot. What data backs up the out of town support supposition? A trawl of postcodes on the season ticket database would be an interesting starting point.

I solved the problem as I was originally an out of town based fan but moved to Swindon to be nearer the club I love.

Will a programme have been printed for the postponed game I wonder.

If we didn't do a TEF poll regarding where we all lived, some jobsworth like herthab should set it up...

Move to swindon if you support them  - christ no wonder we live in such a fucked up world with ideas like that!

No difference from the other big clubs  ;)

Before we moved up North :) we used to drive home towards Devizes after games, the stream of traffic heading that way after matches (especially on a Tuesday Night) suggested that there was quite a lot of others doing the same.

As a kid there used to be coaches from Calne and Devizes for every game (don't know if that's still the case though)

Except Manchester United,  where evey supporter apparently lives anywhere but Manchester.

There was a survey a few years back that did some analysis of season ticket holders of Premier League teams, and the team with the highest percentage of Season Ticket holders outside of 30 (I think) miles from their home ground was....Liverpool

3cx

Cheers