No need to go overboard, I was thinking of leaving about 6:00 (realistic6:30) so I'll have plenty of time to get over there.

Google maps quotes 21/4 hours but makes no allowance for 'making progress' it also says it takes 32 minutes to cover the first 10 miles!

I would think that early on a Bank Holiday Sunday the roads should be clear enough.

If I remember right the A50 is infested with scammeras, but even so I should be able to get there in time.

My other route reckons on around 3 hrs to Watford, and the meet there is at 10ish.

As you can tell I'm still undecided as yet.