Summer traffic in holiday times can really mess up any journey but if you use a map as well as sat nav, there is often an alternative route heading in roughly the same direction.
These can use minor A and B roads and occasionally smaller unclassified ones, and they may take longer than staying in the traffic on the motorway.
But they make for a much more pleasant journey – even if they do get a little narrow sometimes and you get to see parts of our beautiful country you might never otherwise have seen.
This came to mind when checking out the SEAT Ateca secondhand – a wonderful SUV with loads to recommend it.
While driving one a few years ago, massive hold ups ahead made me look for an alternative route and the narrow lane I ended up on came to a dead end – or so I thought at first.
But right behind the no through…
