'Mode': TO,AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: We had a pre-booked standard transmission Ford Mondeo 1.8LX from Hertz rentals at Heathrow airport to provide our means of transportation on this trip to England. The car worked quite well, although it was actually a bit too big for ease of use on the secondary highways of England. The narrow roads with no shoulders and limited parking in towns and villages made for a constant vigil to keep it on the straight and narrow! In the end, for 13 days of useage we paid 300 GBP (US$540) including all taxes and service charges. The cost of petrol was not cheap at 88 pence/liter (US$5.80/US gallon) for the lowest grade, but that was no surprise since the cost there has always been about double that of Canada.
The map shows our 'blue' route on the first driving day of our trip, leaving Farnham (red dot) outside London at about 11 AM and arriving at the Neolithic 'Avebury' standing stones (pointer) at about 12:30 PM. After a couple of hours exploring there, we continued west until darkness overtook us at Bradford-on-Avon (orange dot) around 4 PM. We tried to stay on secondary highways most of the time (thanks to the help from our detailed 'AZ Atlas of Great Britain') and found them slower but more enjoyable than the main roads. The 'black' route is the one we took during our February, 2004 visit.
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