I was down in Penzance on Friday morning with work. A little light drizzle, nothing much. Set out at about 9am to head back to Swansea. All fine 'til we hit Bodmin, when the traffic ground to a halt. Fortunately, I was in the works 4x4 (not a Land Rover !), so engaged 4WD and continued. The main problem was the hills. Artics were losing traction on the way up, and I think were wary of jack-knifing on the way down. The problem was compounded by roadworks which had reduced the dual carriageway to single lanes.
After two stops of about an hour and a half each, with half a mile between them, the road cleared, just as the radio announced that it was 'a serious incident' and the military were going to be called in.
Finally got home about 8pm - twice as long as the journey usually takes.
Jim