The day after school broke up we headed south for Maidstone. The journey was supposed to be 4 hours but in torrential rain was always going to take longer. The traffic around Birmingham was heavy and it took about one hour to travel 10 miles. Again we rattled along until we got to the outskirts of London. We had left by 11am and had hoped to avoid peak hour traffic but by 5pm we were still going past London and going slower the further we went.
Eventually we got to our destination "Maidstone" by 6.30pm and settled into our travel lodge. Its basic but adequate. Driving had been tense as I always needed to be watchful of traffic when there are so many cars. Having three lanes doesn't seem to make it any easier. It still astounds us how many people there on this small island.
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