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 mornin dave

 best route i would recco. is m6-m6toll-m42-m40-a34-m3-m27-a31-a350.

 nearly all m/way-dual carriageway,apart from final leg.

 i know the toll is not cheap (£8 )but its worth it.less traffic holdups enroute.

 safe journey

i use these

http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp

http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp#fromNode=288260023592009%7CStoke-on-Trent,%20Staffordshire%7CSTREET%7C387901%7C345103%7CtoNode=298260060900053%7CPoole,%20Dorset%7CSTREET%7C401425%7C91095

born and bred in hanford myself

I live near wolves...M40 then a35  DEFO to poole

Done it the last 3 years .....Gets a bit busy in a few places but not as bad as Bristol

hi

live just outside stoke and went down to weymouth two years back but went via bristol. left at 7am to miss traffic and no problem. again depends on which day you are going as to how busy the roads are saturday at 10 will be chocca.

have fun

Choices...!!

 I travel the motorways and do Poole/ Dorset all the time from here in the north west, M6 brum should be ok outside of rush hour unless the signs at the toll junction say otherwise. M5...M4..Bath..A350 is my route into Blandford and sometimes Poole...very pretty with loads of thatched villages etc etc but closer to Blandford the road gets tight when HGV's come the other way around blind bends.

M6..( M6 toll if busy) then M42...M40...A34...M27 etc is the fastest one into Poole as long as the A34 is OK..the easiest when towing....but the most boring,, dual carriageway/mway most of the way.

Its a long way from the M5 to Poole, and little winding lanes in places too.  There's no motorway in Dorset you see.  Best route - and the one we used to take from Doncaster,  when we lived in Poole last year was to pick up the A34, down to the M3, then the M27, A31 follow the signs to Poole.  We used to take the rat run from off the A338 to Poole, but not with a caravan on back!

Jenny