Drive down the M6 to South Wales

All we can say about today is that the sun was shining or should I say it wasn't raining and we spent the day on the M6 driving south.
We stopped of at Stafford services for a break and some lunch along with nearly everyone else in the area.
It was then back to the M6, not a motorway but a crawl-way!Bumper to bumper traffic for hour upon hour. Stop, start, hold ups at every junction. Signs telling us along the way, congestion, slow down. Needn't have bothered we were stopped most of the time.
J13 , the slipway for the V-fest was blocked and must have been for hours. We could see people milling around out of their cars having cups of coffee etc, mobile homes with the doors open and the occupants sitting on the steps eating. They must have been there for hours and weren't going anywhere for hours! Good luck to them we thought.
The M6 then all at once seemed empty. We can missed the lane signs for the M6 on to the M5 and found ourselves going down the M6 (Toll). A study of the map and it appeared we were in big trouble. It cost us £3 to get off and after asking a few directions we eventually find our way back to the M5 nearly an hour later. We were hardly on speaking terms with each other for some time until we managed to laugh about it when we were back on the correct roads heading in the right direction.

It was all so tiring that we decided to head for Raglan (which has a wonderful castle)to catch up with Richard and family. Checked into the Beaufort Arms in the village and met up with everyone for dinner at the Kings Arms, where we all enjoyed each others company and a pleasant meal.
It was late and we were very tired and traffic weary so we were happy to get into bed.

Very enjoyable, and went to bed tired and traffic weary.