Useful people follow on Twitter?

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Hi everyone,

Anyone know any useful people to follow on twitter? Can be informative or just funny :smiley:

Some I find handy are:

Met Office Warnings - @metofficeSSEng - https://twitter.com/metofficeSEEng - useful for weather in south east (especially if you’re catching a ferry!)

Highways Agency (South East) - @HAtraffic_seast - https://twitter.com/HAtraffic_seast - traffic reports in south east (but have all areas under different accounts)

Kent Highways - @KentHighways - https://twitter.com/KentHighways - same as above but tend to be a bit quicker to report things!

Burger Ferry - @Burger_Ferry - https://twitter.com/Burger_Ferry - updates on delays for ferries / Eurotunnels

Trucknet (of course :laughing: ) - @TruckNet_UK - https://twitter.com/TruckNet_UK

Cheers,

Pete

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@BEAR_Scotland Get good intell on major roadworks

@forthroadbridge Find out if the bridge is closed before the radio

@shebahn Any local traffic issues around greater Glasgow this is your women

@BBCTravelScot Any traffic issues Scotland wide, they also retweet any info from the different police forces

@trafficscotland Any traffic issues Scotland wide

I follow hundreds of folk but these 5 help me out most work wise.

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anyone in Scotland should be following Windy Wilson (@WindyWilson88) and on Facebook. Usually the first with traffic reports on major routes, especially the A9. He also does cracking weather updates and is usally on the ball all other goings on.

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Thanks :smiley:

Anybody got any others?

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Travel news south, south west.
All the ferry companies ( if you use them)
Commercial motor
Dartford crossing.

There are loads to be honest! Depends what you want or need!

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I’ve found you don’t get much info from ferry companies by following them directly - (unsurprisingly) they don’t often tweet when they have problems / delays. That’s why I follow Burger.

Which Dartford Crossing one do you follow? I can only find one that appears official but hasn’t tweeted since 2011 and one that just vents anger at being stuck in the queues :laughing:

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i looked at twitter.
i don’t get it.

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Cannot find the Dartford one now, I stopped following as all I do is south & south west!

Best thing I found was to follow someone with similar interests and look through their list!

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Try Joey Barton, guaranteed to brighten your day as a neanderthal thug tries to pass himself off as an intellectual. :smiley:

twitter :unamused:

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del trotter:
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You sure do have to take the rough with the smooth on twitter. But just delete those who annoy you and you’re all set :smiley:

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I mainly put on there about road closures, diversions & delays etc…as i’m on nights, some might find it useful as the matrix are normally putting out duff info, and I think word spreads quicker on there than asking for a diversionary route etc on here or FB

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del trotter:
Try Joey Barton, guaranteed to brighten your day as a neanderthal thug tries to pass himself off as an intellectual. :smiley:

twitter :unamused:

Yeah but he does speak fluent French! :wink:

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by del trotter » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:10 pm

Try Joey Barton, guaranteed to brighten your day as a neanderthal thug tries to pass himself off as an intellectual.

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Hell yes !!! He’s quality twitter is Joey , he does , as del says , make prolonged attempts at rising above his notoriety . Then at least once a month will go utterly fruitcake !! :laughing:

Only last night he went banana’s and had a prolonged public slanging match with ex Liverpool and German International Didi Hammann :open_mouth: He DOES NOT mince his words … accused him of all sorts that I won’t repeat on here for fear of getting my ■■■ sued …or worse :neutral_face:

Beats watching Corrie any day

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I find @ILikeGirlsDaily to be very informative and helps to while away the 45 very nicely thank you.

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^ :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: