I've got that traffic master thing on my satnav which clearly did its job
My return journey went a bit like this......
20 min walk back to the car after the game, was parked in a multi storey near the Metro Arena. Got lost getting out of Newcastle, ended up below all the bridges over the river!! Finally found a way up, over the Tyne then hit traffic waiting to get on the A1, 20 mins of crawling, got on to the A1 only to be diverted off at the next junction then back down the slip and back on again so more queues!
Drove a bit further up towards Durham services, came off to get petrol and supplies for the journey back, couldnt get back on Southbound again as they'd shut the junction, back on the Northbound to the next junction, off and round the roundabout and back Southbound, back past Durham services about 20 minutes after i'd left them!!
Noticed a sign saying A1 closed at Scotch Corner, diverted off the A1 just past the Angel of the North, A1231 towards Sunderland then the A19 all thw way down past Hartlepool and Middlesbrough, past Thirsk onto the A168 and back on the A1(M)...... lots of roadworks to encounter, three or four 50mph areas around Leeds, more roadworks down the M1, more speed restrictions, then the never ending 50mph from Crick to Northampton. Junction 15A to 15 was closed so came off at 16 and went through town!!
Yes, back just after 3 despite not exactly obeying the speed limit when there were no cameras about!!
I guess you got away and onto the A1 before they started shutting it left right and centre!!