Aberdeen commuting advice

[campbell]

It's a long time since I drove to the Granite City for a Monday morning start!

But I may be doing just that in mid April, and wondered what time I need to join the queue on the A90 south of Bridge of Dee if I am to make Rubislaw area for 8.30am?

Cheers.

[neil]

If you allow yourself half an hour you'll be fine.

[campbell]

Neil, that's v useful, ta. Hotel pricing off the scale on 16th April for some reason, so looking at making a day trip.

Think I can cope with a 5.30am departure from Linlithgow...no different to the occasional red eye flight which I submit to

[flyingscot68]

Word of caution Campbell.
I've been driving up here (Aberdeen) every
Monday since the start of December and many times it's taken me 30-40 minutes to do the last few miles to the roundabout at the end of the A90
I now go through Beilside.

[hendeg]

Hotel pricing off the scale on 16th April for some reason

It's off the scale every day.

[neil]

It must have got worse since I last did it!

16th Aprils a Wednesday Campbell. It's always worse up here midweek but a Sunday night shouldn't be too difficult. Malmaisons just round the corner from Rubislaw and there are plenty of B&B's in the area

[thinfourth]

Look at the chapel of barras b&b they are at the end of our rod and are excellent

[rossybee]

If you allow yourself half an hour you'll be fine.

Try double that.

If you arrive at the queue around 7.30am, you'll easily spend 30-40 mins getting onto Brig o Dee, then it's another 10-15 to Rubislaw.

I tried Maryculter/Peterculter/Bieldside and it's no better.

[campbell]

Thanks all. Kerry mentioned some of the alt routes too.

As for Malmaison...lovely but out of my league for this particular engagement!

Agree Abz hotels often daft money, however have been monitoring of late and with 1-2 mths notice some good value rates have been on show. Eg had the Thistle booked for £49 pn but cancelled as the client switched dates.

Abz is the only place I've seen other than London with 3 fig Travelodge pricing.

Anyway the SE masseev has been its usual benevolent self so I have some class alternatives should they be required

Cheers guys!

[tonyg]

For those semi regulars, you could always try turning off at the flyover, going down through Nigg/Altens and to Rubislaw (or anywhere else from there), but i've no idea if it would be any quicker (live and work North of the bridge, makes life easier )
I'd show you how with technology, but i'm too old for that - easy explain it if i see you.

[rossybee]

I've to be in dyce tomorrow for 8am so will be leaving the house before 6

All to be dunked in a deep swimming pool

[tut]

Great stuff Ross.

I shall be lying in bed with a cup of tea watching the news on the iPad and catching up on e-mail with the Macbook.

tut

ps:- make sure that you do not sit next to a fatty, and fly Bristow so that you never need to use the training.

[flyingscot68]

I've to be in dyce tomorrow for 8am so will be leaving the house before 6

All to be dunked in a deep swimming pool

Hehe. I can almost hear the deep breaths been taken from my office overlooking the runway.

[rossybee]

I've to be in dyce tomorrow for 8am so will be leaving the house before 6

All to be dunked in a deep swimming pool

Hehe. I can almost hear the deep breaths been taken from my office overlooking the runway.

Indeed. Stinky rebreather

[Rag_It]

Old man owns this place http://www.northern-hotel.co.uk/ - could make the commute easier?

Dave