Originally Posted by
Mogwi
I drove back from Güt on Christmas Eve 1981, with my family and worldly goods, in 2 cars, through fog followed by snow, to the channel ports. Caught the ferry by the skin of my teeth and arrived in Folkestone in a complete white-out but just made it to Epsom before the roads finally closed.
Mog
Ditto same day from Rheindahlen via Zeebrugge/Felixstowe heading for Cambridge. Took wife's Golf for better traction and got as far as the Newmarket bypass before the underpan demonstrated how like a toboggan it was and suspended the driving wheels above the road surface. Dug out our car and the grossly ill prepared one behind then shot into Newmarket to grab the last available room. Wife and I were relaxing in front of the roaring fire with glass of decent malt when the characters from the car behind arrived to be told there was no room in the inn but the village hall was being opened for waifs and strays!