Irk. I was planning on leaving at ass o'clock in the morning on the Friday as my route is via the M1 and M6, neither of which I am willing to brave during the rush hour, 5pm really is far too late (I want to be in that area either before the morning rush hour or just after) and would add a whole heck of a lot of time (and petrol money) onto the journey.

If your classes do work out and you can make it in the morning on the Friday, you're more than welcome to a lift from Retford or Newark, or even staying here on the Thursday night. Let me know what you want to do and I'll make plans around you (or not, as the case may be) :)

I'm hopefully going to be staying an extra night somewhere in Wolverhampton, I forgot to say. I'm glad you're heading south, I wouldn't want to leave you there in Ludlow all abandoned! ;)