I do start at 07:00 though before it all gets too busy.......
….at 8:00am ;-)
The figure 8 passes around Arraba can get busy quite early on, we try and get over them 1st thing and then all is good as once away from the few top tourist hot-spots the roads tend to be fairly quiet, not Pyrenees quiet, but certainly a lot better than Wales, Lake District, Cotswolds etc