I thought i'll start this early because it's earlier in the year.
I was thinking about meeting up at about 12 noon on the Friday 30th May at London Gateway Services on the M1 between Jct's 3 & 4 with one service area means it doesn't matter if coming from London heading north or from the M25 heading south.
I've two routes in mind.
1) Using the motorway taking about 2 hours and 130 miles.
2) A quick 15 minute blast up the M1 to jct, 9, on to the A5 to just passed Nuneaton, turning on to the A444 to Burton on Trent, then on to some un marked roads. Should take 3 hours and 120 miles
I also plan not to get us lost this time,
but may get us lost just for the fun of it.