One final fling

It was time to return our long-term loan Bailey, with one last stopover at a hidden gem of a campsite not far from Stafford

- Peter Baber

We all have our own nominations for the worst stretch of motorway in the UK, the one where you are most likely to be held up. For me there is a clear winner, and no, it's not on the M25. It's the section of the M6 between Junction 8, where it joins the M5, and Junction 16, north of Stoke-on-Trent.

Everyone who knows this stretch of road usually talks about the section past Hilton Park Services as being particularly bad, and it is. I am not surprised that when they came to build the M6 Toll, it bypassed this area.

But in my experience, things are every bit as bad by Stoke-on-Trent, between Junctions 15 and 16, where the motorway parts with the A500 and then meets it again.

I have lost count of the number of times I've been stuck in a jam here, including one occasion that lasted over an hour, with no explanation of why, at two o'clock in the morning!

But for anyone who is heading past this area in a motorhome and worried about potential delays, I have found a wonderful solution for you. And this discovery is all thanks to the final trip I made in our long-term loan Bailey, an Adamo 75-41, before I reluctantly handed it back.

As I mentioned last month (issue 297), we had to get a small repair done on the vehicle, which resulted in me needing to take it to Peter Roberts in Halifax, West Yorkshire, for the work.