Thanks for all the replies. As it is my parents who would be driving me to London and they need to get back to Birmingham, and given the general consensus here, I think I'll be moving down on the Saturday. Will let you know how it goes depending on when I can get the internet in the new place!

On 31/05/2012 19:58, Marco wrote:
;130767 Wrote:
On 29/05/2012 22:09, Marco wrote:-
Hi All,

I’m moving from Birmingham to a new flat in the London Bridge
area. Due
to the contract and when my new job starts, I need to move down either
this Friday 1st June or Saturday 2nd. Unfortunately, because of the
Jubilee weekend, I know the traffic getting to London Bridge is
probably
going to be horrific.

Driving down on the Friday means hitting the congestion charge and
possibly rush hour, but going on the Saturday one risks all the traffic
from the tens of thousands of tourists making their way into London for
the Jubilee. In your opinion, which day do you think would be best to
drive from Birmingham to London Bridge?

Thanks for any advice.



-
Picked a hell of a weekend to be moving to London. Is there any possible

way that you might set up some temporary accommodation, such as stay
with a friend and bring only what you need, and then carry out the full
move the weekend?

Yeah I certainly did. In hindsight I should have probably delayed it by
a week. It was because of my new job in London, and they wanted me to
start obviously asap once I had served my notice in my previous job.

It should only take one journey to move everything down as I'm moving
out of "home" and only renting a flat , so I'll be able to leave a lot
of stuff behind.




I do honestly wish you luck.

On 31/05/2012 22:59, wrote:

On 31/05/2012 19:58, Marco wrote:

Picked a hell of a weekend to be moving to London. Is there any possible
way that you might set up some temporary accommodation, such as stay
with a friend and bring only what you need, and then carry out the full
move the weekend?

Yeah I certainly did. In hindsight I should have probably delayed it by
a week. It was because of my new job in London, and they wanted me to
start obviously asap once I had served my notice in my previous job.

It should only take one journey to move everything down as I'm moving
out of "home" and only renting a flat , so I'll be able to leave a lot
of stuff behind.

I do honestly wish you luck.

Unwarranted alarmism, IMO - the OP will be fine, I'm sure.

Thanks both. I'm feeling fairly optimistic but time will tell.