| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th 15:59 - Jul 15 with 8640 views | karnataka |
Just a heads up for anyone thinking of going to this one.
Schools break up for summer on Friday. I live in Somerset about 5 miles from J22 on the M5 and I know from experience that the Saturday after the schools break up is the worst day of the year for southbound traffic on the M5 heading for holiday locations in Cornwall, Devon and Dorset and at its worst can be nose to tail from where the M4 & M49 join the M5 down as far as Exeter and beyond. There are alternative routes such as the A38 but these also get jammed in places like Bridgwater and Taunton by people trying to avoid the worst sections of the M5.
I wish I could offer advice on what to do but I'm sorry, I can't. My wife & I usually go into Burnham on Sea on Saturdays which is the other side of the M5 from us but we never go anywhere near it on the day after the schools break up or bank holidays and although I'd like to go, I probably won't be going to the Exeter game but there's always the Yeovil one tomorrow  .
All I can say is, leave early, keep your fingers crossed, be prepared for a frustrating journey and good luck.
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 22:07 - Jul 16 with 6588 views | Thrasher6 |
Good advice and thanks for posting. Does seem a bit of a nightmare....with few alternatives, but good luck to those trying... |  |
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 22:23 - Jul 16 with 6551 views | huwrichards57 |
Trip to Crawley was bad enough! |  | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 22:44 - Jul 16 with 6490 views | karnataka |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 22:23 - Jul 16 by huwrichards57 |
Trip to Crawley was bad enough! |
And that's before the schools broke up too. [Post edited 16 Jul 2019 23:00]
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 22:46 - Jul 16 with 6484 views | majorraglan |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 22:23 - Jul 16 by huwrichards57 |
Trip to Crawley was bad enough! |
Took me 8 hours to get to Gatwick from the Carmarthen area the other day. No chance of Dong a trip like Exeter on the first day of the school hols. | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 23:09 - Jul 16 with 6426 views | builthjack |
My advice would be to leave at 4am |  |
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 10:36 - Jul 17 with 6188 views | controversial_jack |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 22:46 - Jul 16 by majorraglan |
Took me 8 hours to get to Gatwick from the Carmarthen area the other day. No chance of Dong a trip like Exeter on the first day of the school hols. |
What a nightmare! | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 11:00 - Jul 17 with 6152 views | hobo |
Isn't everyone arriving by helicopter? It's just a hop across the channel |  | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 14:44 - Jul 17 with 6054 views | NotLoyal |
Thing is leave at 9 make a day of it, bring a picnic for the traffic jam. |  |
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 15:22 - Jul 17 with 5998 views | MrSwerve |
Or just stay at home as it’s a friendly and wait for the proper season to start.  |  |
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:00 - Jul 17 with 5950 views | karnataka |
Yeovil to Exeter is only 48 miles. I was just wondering whether or not the team would have bothered going back to Swansea after the Yeovil game last night. Anybody know? | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:14 - Jul 17 with 5926 views | sainthelens |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:00 - Jul 17 by karnataka |
Yeovil to Exeter is only 48 miles. I was just wondering whether or not the team would have bothered going back to Swansea after the Yeovil game last night. Anybody know? |
On our budget? Where they staying too....local community centre.? |  | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:54 - Jul 17 with 5862 views | airedale |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:00 - Jul 17 by karnataka |
Yeovil to Exeter is only 48 miles. I was just wondering whether or not the team would have bothered going back to Swansea after the Yeovil game last night. Anybody know? |
It wouldn’t surprise me if they are billeted somewhere up there for the four friendlies. |  | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 23:27 - Jul 17 with 5685 views | karnataka |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:14 - Jul 17 by sainthelens |
On our budget? Where they staying too....local community centre.? |
There's a new Travelodge in Highbridge handily placed near the M5 with good access to Yeovil, Exeter and Bristol. Seriously though, staying somewhere central would surely be more cost effective than shifting 30-40 people from Swansea to Yeovil to Swansea to Exeter to Swansea to Bristol to Swansea, no? | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 01:55 - Jul 18 with 5629 views | huwrichards57 |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:00 - Jul 17 by karnataka |
Yeovil to Exeter is only 48 miles. I was just wondering whether or not the team would have bothered going back to Swansea after the Yeovil game last night. Anybody know? |
Said on the comms that they had today off so presume they came back last night. | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 04:51 - Jul 18 with 5605 views | owainglyndwr |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 11:00 - Jul 17 by hobo |
Isn't everyone arriving by helicopter? It's just a hop across the channel |
Swansea to Exeter chartered flight from fairwood .....oops I forgot the owner has run it down.
Shame really most cities of Swansea and surrounding area population have a city link |  | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 06:51 - Jul 18 with 5558 views | builthjack |
They were training at Bideford Town FC | |
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 08:35 - Jul 18 with 5480 views | sherpajacob |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:14 - Jul 17 by sainthelens |
On our budget? Where they staying too....local community centre.? |
Butlins Minehead.
They do some very good football coaching there. |  |
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 06:05 - Jul 19 with 5241 views | owainglyndwr |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 06:51 - Jul 18 by builthjack |
They were training at Bideford Town FC |
Cardiff play them most years about this time in preseason friendlies | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 11:12 - Jul 19 with 5156 views | controversial_jack |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 04:51 - Jul 18 by owainglyndwr |
Swansea to Exeter chartered flight from fairwood .....oops I forgot the owner has run it down.
Shame really most cities of Swansea and surrounding area population have a city link |
Was it ever a passenger airline? I can only remember it as a private airport | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 11:21 - Jul 19 with 5147 views | raynor94 |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 11:12 - Jul 19 by controversial_jack |
Was it ever a passenger airline? I can only remember it as a private airport |
Used to fly commercial passengers to Jersey in the sixties |  |
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| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 12:34 - Jul 19 with 5083 views | controversial_jack |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 11:21 - Jul 19 by raynor94 |
Used to fly commercial passengers to Jersey in the sixties |
Ok, cheers. I had a two hour flight in a small aircraft for a birthday present a few years ago. Great fun it was too, although i started to feel a bit queasy towards the end | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 13:18 - Jul 19 with 5047 views | horfieldjack |
Anyone know if it’s ticket only or if you pay on the day | | | |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 16:22 - Jul 19 with 4923 views | stevethejack |
| Exeter friendly Saturday 20th on 11:12 - Jul 19 by controversial_jack |
Was it ever a passenger airline? I can only remember it as a private airport |
Air Wales ran flights from there - I flew from there to Schipol for a Dutch pre-season tour (think it was 2004). Got to Fairwood to find the team were on the same flight (Kenny Jackett days). Managed to wangle a lift on the team coach to Noordwijk and they dropped me near my cheapie hotel, while they carried onto their posh hotel. After the Den Haag game, managed to get a lift back to Noordwijk for 3 of us on the team coach again.
At Schipol Airport on the way back, Kenny saw my flag and got all the players to sign it, an extremely nice guy. |  | | |
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