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Post by Tony Clueless on Mar 28, 2008 16:56:59 GMT
That is the question. Plenty of watering holes if you go the scenic way. I don't think you will get in any pubs near to the ground tomorrow by going up the A38 and M1.
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Post by lordb on Mar 28, 2008 16:58:27 GMT
M1 problems, according to the sentinel,flooding
says to leave @ junction 33 or 34
over the moors looks best then.
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Post by GeordieDave on Mar 28, 2008 16:59:32 GMT
Thru Leek and head for Buxton, turn right at The Winking Man pub. On to Longnor and then over past the Cheddar Cheese (?) and down to Monyash via Crowdecote (sp) and then on to Bakewell, Baslow (stop for a pint) and then Sheffield. A doddle. And a cracking journey. And some of the best boozers in the land.
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Post by stennymuir on Mar 28, 2008 16:59:38 GMT
Over the hills.
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Post by PotterLog on Mar 28, 2008 16:59:55 GMT
Lovely drive over the Pennines if the weather's nice. Is the weather nice?
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Post by Tony Clueless on Mar 28, 2008 16:59:56 GMT
Or up the A61
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Post by dexter97 on Mar 28, 2008 16:59:57 GMT
Via Buxton for me. Either way is similar timewise, but I prefer the drive over the top.
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Post by eriksson74 on Mar 28, 2008 17:01:37 GMT
Over the top, Lognor, Bakewell it is for me - shame I'm driving so can't have too much !!
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Mar 28, 2008 17:06:32 GMT
Coming up the Motorway........ ..........or coming over Buxton..........er I think I know what I'm doing!!!  |
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Post by dexter97 on Mar 28, 2008 17:15:04 GMT
I'm going through Buxton, then up to Sparrowpit / Speedwell Cavern, through Hope then up past Ladybower onto the A57, then A6101 past Stannington up to the A61. Nice drive, but no beer for me!  |
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Post by block30row19 on Mar 28, 2008 18:01:23 GMT
Thru Leek and head for Buxton, turn right at The Winking Man pub. On to Longnor and then over past the Cheddar Cheese (?) and down to Monyash via Crowdecote (sp) and then on to Bakewell, Baslow (stop for a pint) and then Sheffield. A doddle. And a cracking journey. And some of the best boozers in the land. Yep thats the one GeordieDave Done that one since my first ever away day as a young one with my dad's mates not sure what year but we were at Sheff Utd and won 2-1 Stoke fans were singing Hold Me Close by David Essex !!! Anyone else old enough on here to remember that one ? See you in Bakewell Dave ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2008 18:07:46 GMT
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Post by headsgoup on Mar 28, 2008 18:48:49 GMT
Can anyone remember those halicon days when 20 odd thousand made the very same trip over the moors when we played in semi finals?
I really hope those days will return for you younger Stokies
Were so close now.
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Post by GlynDerby on Mar 28, 2008 19:26:29 GMT
HGV drivers tip for you, was delivering near the ground today and roads works on all roads leading north near the ground, i'd be tempted to come off M1 higher, Maybe even as high as junction 36 and just drop down the A61 for 10mins, May save you some time.
And yes i have seen the the so called traffic reminder on the the official site but i can say that as of 5pm today there was no temp traffic lights and all work was completed
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Mar 28, 2008 19:33:18 GMT
Weather forecast for tomorrow is heavy rain so the views from Monyash - Over Haddon (Lathkill Dale) Bakewell , Ladybower etc etc will be a bit limited. Might get a decent sunset on the way back though!
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Post by Willowstoke on Mar 28, 2008 19:39:45 GMT
Buxton way - think you may find that a few pubs on that route will not except stoke fans from previous years adventures, just a tip like! Fare few banned etc
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Post by owlzat on Mar 28, 2008 19:39:46 GMT
In 1972 when you came up for the semi were you met with this view of the old Spion Kop without a roof ?   |
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Post by Tony Clueless on Mar 28, 2008 19:47:40 GMT
nice pictures youth
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Post by davemong on Mar 28, 2008 19:49:54 GMT
Ever likely there was a crush at Hillsborough |
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Post by owlzat on Mar 28, 2008 19:54:05 GMT
Ever likely there was a crush at Hillsborough In poor taste, I was working at the game you are hinting at and had to carry dead bodies from the field  |
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Post by davemong on Mar 28, 2008 20:00:38 GMT
Dead bodies??????????????? Sheff Wed didn't play that day  |
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Post by stennymuir on Mar 28, 2008 20:00:52 GMT
Apologies from decent stoke fans re;that post.Hopefully admin will remove.Enjoyed you on this board this week,hopefully on Saturday night you will be on here congratulating us on our 3-0 win.  Good luck mate for the rest of the season. |
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Post by owlzat on Mar 28, 2008 20:02:04 GMT
Dead bodies??????????????? Sheff Wed didn't play that day Thought you were hinting at the Liverpool v Forest Semi-final, apologies if you weren't bud. |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Mar 28, 2008 20:02:15 GMT
I remember it well
Arsenal had been given the Kop and we had Lepers Lane but they sent 10'000 tickets back and so the Kop was half-Stoke, half-Arsenal. We scored both our goals at the Lepers Lane End and me (i was 8) and my brother sat in the West Stand.
35.000 Stokies that day
Awesome!!
Great pictures Owlzat
Thanks for that!
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Post by owlzat on Mar 28, 2008 20:07:24 GMT
HGV drivers tip for you, was delivering near the ground today and roads works on all roads leading north near the ground, i'd be tempted to come off M1 higher, Maybe even as high as junction 36 and just drop down the A61 for 10mins, May save you some time. And yes i have seen the the so called traffic reminder on the the official site but i can say that as of 5pm today there was no temp traffic lights and all work was completed If you come off at J36 you'll come across some temporary traffic lights after a few miles due to the road collapsing during the floods so there is only one lane in use. This is the way I recommend where there is no roadworks and plenty of pubs to call in on the way :- Come off M1 at J35 and take the first exit off the roundabout signposted Chapeltown, follow this road for about a mile and you'll come to a roundabout (Wagon pub on your right), go straight across and under a railway bridge on the A629 I believe (several pubs around here if you fancy a few jars), carry on this road taking the left fork off the next roundabout (KFC on right) passing pubs called Escape (right), Prince of Wales (right), The Wharncliffe (left), Crown & Cushion (left). You'll then come to The Acorn (right) on a crossroads where you turn left up a hill and then at the T Junction turn left onto the A61 which then takes you down to Hillsborough avoiding the aforementioned traffic lights. I can recommend The Crown & Cushion or The Acorn if you want to stop and have a pub meal and a few drinks and it's only 10 minutes from Hillsborough. |
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