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conscorner
November 2, 2019, 7:18pm
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Just back in Grimsby after 12 hours on the M180/M1/M42/M5 - probably the shortest Just Back thread - stand out performers - all the Town fans that made the trip today.
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November 2, 2019, 7:26pm
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Credit to you and to every single one of the fans who made the trip today... UTM
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Just back in Grimsby after 12 hours on the M180/M1/M42/M5 - probably the shortest Just Back thread - stand out performers - all the Town fans that made the trip today.


Feel for you.  How far had you managed to get before you got the news ?


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Feel for you.  How far had you managed to get before you got the news ?


Taking a break at Taunton Deane services when the news came through around 11.45. No doubt that some fans had made it all the way to Plymouth
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November 2, 2019, 8:43pm
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I was on the train from Reading to Plymouth which had to be re-routed via Bristol due to trees on the line,when I heard it was off. Train didn't stop until Exeter so got off there and caught a train back towards London.

All the trains were running with a 50 mile speed limit so nearly all were running late meaning loads of connections were missed. I should have got a train from Reading to Basingstoke and then onto Woking. In the end I had to get a train towards Gatwick airport, then get off at Guildford and then to Woking.

I was relatively lucky as it was only a 400 mile round trip. Nowhere as bad as travelling from Grimsby to Plymouth and back.
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Fair play to you guys . That’s dedication tested to the limit . I went on a minibus to Chester in August in about 2003 and it got cancelled when we got there due to a deluge of rain . At least we had the fun of an afternoon on the beers there before the bus home . Taunton deene services doesn’t have the same level of attraction . And it’s a few miles southbound until you can turn around to add insult to injury 😂😂


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I was on the train from Reading to Plymouth which had to be re-routed via Bristol due to trees on the line,when I heard it was off. Train didn't stop until Exeter so got off there and caught a train back towards London.

All the trains were running with a 50 mile speed limit so nearly all were running late meaning loads of connections were missed. I should have got a train from Reading to Basingstoke and then onto Woking. In the end I had to get a train towards Gatwick airport, then get off at Guildford and then to Woking.

I was relatively lucky as it was only a 400 mile round trip. Nowhere as bad as travelling from Grimsby to Plymouth and back.


This is bad enough. I can’t imagine actually travelling to Plymouth from Grimsby and hearing the news, it would be even more devastating.
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Friends of mine left 5.00 and were in Plymouth, they got a picture in the ground with a town flag- its circulating somewhere on social media.
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Quoted from MarinerRob
I was on the train from Reading to Plymouth which had to be re-routed via Bristol due to trees on the line,when I heard it was off. Train didn't stop until Exeter so got off there and caught a train back towards London.

All the trains were running with a 50 mile speed limit so nearly all were running late meaning loads of connections were missed. I should have got a train from Reading to Basingstoke and then onto Woking. In the end I had to get a train towards Gatwick airport, then get off at Guildford and then to Woking.

I was relatively lucky as it was only a 400 mile round trip. Nowhere as bad as travelling from Grimsby to Plymouth and back.


Pretty certain I was on your train - stuck it out until Plymouth cos I had pre booked tickets back to Ipswich, then went to Plymouth Marjon FC, think there were 3 or 4 other Town fans and a fair few Argyle there!
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Just looked on Google maps. Grimsbty to Plymouth and back is just under 700 miles. I only had to travel 400 miles so was well lucky, relatively speaking.
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