Picked up Mendoza, fuelled up car, checked tyre pressures, discovered puncture, changed wheel, crawled up to Hi-Q in Horley on an emergency 50mph tyre, spanked £76 on a one, hit the road, spent ages in bloody 50mph limit roadworks on both M25 and M1, and have just reached Leicester services.
Cost of day so far: £120.00, and I haven't even reached The North yet
Why do we do it??
Can I recommend using the M11/A1 - better than the M1 any day of the week.