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never towed in darkness and dont really fancy doing so, before big al starts I know the van is the same size at night lol

being a morning person i am okay from about 4am assuming i can get some sleep the night before. wendy as you are going from bury to kirkaldy the only ropey bit of road is the forth bridge, it is only bad between 7am and 10am and 4pm and 7pm avoid that and you will be sound

my OH sinks down in the seat when we get overtaken by hgv's, she cant stand being overtaken, nigella mansell, i would much prefer to be traveling at night and dont mind if others around me are asleep, just make sure you have a good nap before setting off so you are wide awake as it can get tiring, when i used to drive hgv's starting early i would pray for rush hour or someone to cut me up, just for the adrenalin rush to keep me awake, i found dawn and dusk the worst times.

mike 

When visiting relatives in Scotland (nr Lochaline) we often set off at 2.30am.  It certainly avoids the traffic! 

He may be 'Captain Slow' but the tortoise and the hare spring to mind.

 he is the joke of the club as even as in his 20s he took his time and hes quiet happy being captin slow  he allways gets there.  hes thinking about a 3 or 4 am starts  as the dogs will sleep well during that time aswell

last year we went to the New Forrest so decided to travel thro the night husband did our driving and our two  daughters  did there driving all the females thought it was the best way to travel, but the males  (whimps) said never again so this year we are going the coxwolds setting off on the friday stopping in derbyshire for 2 nights then doing the last bit on the Sunday (hope this pleases them)

my hubby works night shift so he will sleep as normal on the day we go (next friday) hoping to set off mid afternoon so will miss most of the rush hour traffic.  site has early arrivals area so we can have a wee catch up before getting on our pitch.

he can then have 40 winks throughout the day on the saturday & will be back to normal on the sunday.

roll on next weekend :-)