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Started by garbon, January 05, 2012, 01:37:11 PM

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#30
March 21, 2013, 04:56:56 PM
Bumping this as I'm thinking I might make it to the UK in August (still deciding!).  I've a new question that if I plan to hit up Edinburgh and London - what's the best way to transport myself between the two? Air or rail? Thinking I'd spend about 9 days total (minus 1 for travel back to US).
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Neil

#31
March 21, 2013, 05:47:44 PM
August is a good time.
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mongers

#32
March 21, 2013, 06:01:45 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 21, 2013, 04:56:56 PM
Bumping this as I'm thinking I might make it to the UK in August (still deciding!).  I've a new question that if I plan to hit up Edinburgh and London - what's the best way to transport myself between the two? Air or rail? Thinking I'd spend about 9 days total (minus 1 for travel back to US).

Road trip !

Yes seriously, if you don't go on the motorways, it's a good way of seeing some of the differences within Britain, cultural and landscape. It's 400+ odd miles, take two days and stop at York, the halfway point.
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

garbon

#33
March 21, 2013, 06:16:55 PM
I'm not sure if I could handle driving on the wrong side though. :D
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

mongers

#34
March 21, 2013, 06:20:09 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 21, 2013, 06:16:55 PM
I'm not sure if I could handle driving on the wrong side though. :D

Then you need to co-op someone like Tricky.  :bowler:
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garbon

#35
March 21, 2013, 06:25:12 PM
Also I noticed that car rentals only look particularly cheap if you know how to drive stick. -_-
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

#36
March 21, 2013, 06:29:52 PM
:bleeding:

Kids these days.

garbon

#37
March 21, 2013, 06:56:13 PM
Well hey, in my life it hasn't been a particularly necessary (or useful) skill.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

PDH

#38
March 21, 2013, 07:05:06 PM
Driving a stick on the wrong side is kinda tough to get, it takes a couple of hours to get it.
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Admiral Yi

#39
March 21, 2013, 07:08:19 PM
Quote from: PDH on March 21, 2013, 07:05:06 PM
Driving a stick on the wrong side is kinda tough to get, it takes a couple of hours to get it.

Actually that sounds like a real horror show now that you mention it.  Are the pedals switched too?

Richard Hakluyt

#40
March 21, 2013, 07:10:01 PM
If you get a rail ticket between London and Edinburgh book it 100 years in advance at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ , don't buy it as you need it as you will (literally) pay 4x as much as you need to.

Caliga

#41
March 21, 2013, 07:10:49 PM
I don't recommend November unless you're into darkness and fog. :bowler:
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mongers

#42
March 21, 2013, 07:14:01 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 21, 2013, 07:08:19 PM
Quote from: PDH on March 21, 2013, 07:05:06 PM
Driving a stick on the wrong side is kinda tough to get, it takes a couple of hours to get it.

Actually that sounds like a real horror show now that you mention it.  Are the pedals switched too?

Yes especially say navigating your way out of North London on a Friday night, I'd pay money to watch that.   :P
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Admiral Yi

#43
March 21, 2013, 07:16:35 PM
Yes it's a horror show, yes the pedals are reversed, or both?

mongers

#44
March 21, 2013, 07:17:54 PM Last Edit: March 21, 2013, 07:21:26 PM by mongers
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 21, 2013, 07:16:35 PM
Yes it's a horror show, yes the pedals are reversed, or both?

L to R - clutch, brake, accelerator.

edit:
I got that wrong didn't I, corrected.
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