Originally Posted by nomadking

But you can drop off at other places along the way. A lot of the central distribution places are in the south midlands(eg Northampton), because of the ease of UK wide distribution. Newcastle also has it's problems because of its relative geographic isolation.

Let's face it, it you want to go anywhere other than somewhere like Bristol from Devon/Cornwall, you have to go a very long way. They are relatively geographically isolated.