Originally Posted by
laviation
Potentially if you hammered it down the A1/M1 you could reach Luton faster than Manchester for one reason - the M62 !!
My last drive from Alnwick to Manchester was 6 hours because of that sodding motorway..
You can have problems on any motorway, the A1/M1 aren't immune and there are train services from many places in the north straight into the airport.