Two questions on UK, travel to Europe

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:12:55 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

><shriramosu@> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am visiting London on business (have been here once before on
>> vacation and did the standard sights, except hyde park), and will be
>> finishing up business sometime Friday afternoon, flying back to the US
>> on Sunday at 3 pm, so have about 2 days to do something else.
>>
>> Question
>>
>> 1. Any good day trips from London (have heard Lake country is good), I
>> like good food, drink, some sightseeing and meeting people
>
>If you mean the Lake District, that's not a practical day trip from
>London IMO. If you're thinking of taking the train there, there's
>extensive engineering works on that train line on weekends throughout
>the summer anyway.
>
>There's a wealth of day trips from London- depending on what your
>interests are. For a train trip, my limit us usually 2 hours each way,
>as the train is relaxing, but get a reservation as the trains can be
>very busy on weekends.
>
>Popular day trips from London include Cambridge, Oxford, even York is
>only 2 hours away. Something less urban, consider the Cotswolds (Stroud
>is 90 minutes away as one example), Suffolk (Saxmundham is 2 hours)

There are closer places that are worth a visit.
By boat
Greenwich
Hampton Court

Windsor
--

Martin

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4.uk> wrote in message
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> Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:12:55 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne,
>> _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> ><shriramosu@> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> I am visiting London on business (have been here once before on
>> >> vacation and did the standard sights, except hyde park), and will be
>> >> finishing up business sometime Friday afternoon, flying back to the US
>> >> on Sunday at 3 pm, so have about 2 days to do something else.
>> >>
>> >> Question
>> >>
>> >> 1. Any good day trips from London (have heard Lake country is good), I
>> >> like good food, drink, some sightseeing and meeting people
>> >
>> >If you mean the Lake District, that's not a practical day trip from
>> >London IMO. If you're thinking of taking the train there, there's
>> >extensive engineering works on that train line on weekends throughout
>> >the summer anyway.
>> >
>> >There's a wealth of day trips from London- depending on what your
>> >interests are. For a train trip, my limit us usually 2 hours each way,
>> >as the train is relaxing, but get a reservation as the trains can be
>> >very busy on weekends.
>> >
>> >Popular day trips from London include Cambridge, Oxford, even York is
>> >only 2 hours away. Something less urban, consider the Cotswolds (Stroud
>> >is 90 minutes away as one example), Suffolk (Saxmundham is 2 hours)
>>
>> There are closer places that are worth a visit.
>> By boat
>> Greenwich
>> Hampton Court
>>
>> Windsor
>
> I was thinking of places outside the boroughs (well, Windsor is)! :)
>
> But yes, worth a visit.
>

I thought Bruges was a nice day trip from London.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

In message <1iku95x.f671r1q3ye9gN%d4g4h4.uk>, at 11:57:50 on
Tue, 29 Jul 2008, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)"
<d4g4h4.uk> remarked:
>> >I thought Bruges was a nice day trip from London.
>>
>> By what means of transport? It's a nice place for sure, but last time I
>> went it was by ferry to Zebrugge and didn't feel like a day-trip.
>
>It's around 3h30 taking the Eurostar to Brussels.

Don't forget the Eurostar checking time, and there may not be a rapid
connection in Brussels.
--
Roland Perry

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:01 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis
<erick.usenet@ardane.c-o-m> wrote:

>Martin:
>
>> Of all the places in Europe worth a visit I would put Bruges down
>> near the bottom of the list.
>
>Lots of well-known, important European citizens don't agree.
>
>
>
>
>Well, _I_ don't! :-)

My wife does. She is the most important European citizen and a Belgian, her
folks come from the Bruges area.
--

Martin

"Erick T. Barkhuis" <erick.usenet@ardane.c-o-m> wrote in message
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> Martin:
>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:01 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis
>> <erick.usenet@ardane.c-o-m> wrote:
>>
>> >Martin:
>> >
>> >> Of all the places in Europe worth a visit I would put Bruges down
>> >> near the bottom of the list.
>> >
>> >Lots of well-known, important European citizens don't agree.
>> >
>> >Well, _I_ don't! :-)
>>
>> My wife does. She is the most important European citizen and a Belgian,
>> her
>> folks come from the Bruges area.
>
> Ah, so that's why you're so much against Bruges!
> It's the wife's family....
>

Ah indeed. Bruges was fine. Glad I saw it. I figured it was worth a long
day.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Jul 29, 1:29 pm, Erick T. Barkhuis <erick.use...@ardane.c-o-m>
wrote:
> Martin:
>
> > On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:01 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis
> > <erick.use...@ardane.c-o-m> wrote:
>
> > >Martin:
>
> > >> Of all the places in Europe worth a visit I would put Bruges down
> > >> near the bottom of the list.
>
> > >Lots of well-known, important European citizens don't agree.
>
> > >Well, _I_ don't! :-)
>
> > My wife does. She is the most important European citizen and a Belgian, her
> > folks come from the Bruges area.
>
> Ah, so that's why you're so much against Bruges!
> It's the wife's family....

Martin has forgotten that we can visit Bruges without stopping for tea
at his in-laws :-)

B;

In message <7rednfXl_8VL7g3VRVnyhgA@bt.com>, at 14:59:35 on Wed, 30 Jul
2008, Graham Harrison <edward.harrison1@remove.> remarked:
>I'm going to propose that you purchase a single ticket London/Didcot
>(GBP18.90) a saver return Didcot/Bath Spa/Didcot GBP19.00 and a single
>ticket Didcot/Heathrow via Reading and rail/air bus GBP20.40.

I'd forgotten about the Reading/Heathrow part of the trip.

The obvious set of tickets (although I've not looked up the prices) is
therefore:

London/Reading Single
Reading/Bath/Reading Saver Return
Reading/Heathrow Single (via the bus)
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <7rednfXl_8VL7g3VRVnyhgA@bt.com>, at 14:59:35 on Wed, 30 Jul
> 2008, Graham Harrison <edward.harrison1@remove.> remarked:
>>I'm going to propose that you purchase a single ticket London/Didcot
>>(GBP18.90) a saver return Didcot/Bath Spa/Didcot GBP19.00 and a single
>>ticket Didcot/Heathrow via Reading and rail/air bus GBP20.40.
>
> I'd forgotten about the Reading/Heathrow part of the trip.
>
> The obvious set of tickets (although I've not looked up the prices) is
> therefore:
>
> London/Reading Single
> 14.10
> Reading/Bath/Reading Saver Return 34.00
> Reading/Heathrow Single (via the bus) 14.00 =
> 62.10
> --
> Roland Perry

So Didcot is cheaper but all trains stop at Reading.

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:27:41 -0700 (PDT), Mister B <jeremyrh.geom>
wrote:

>On Jul 29, 1:29 pm, Erick T. Barkhuis <erick.use...@ardane.c-o-m>
>wrote:
>> Martin:
>>
>> > On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:01 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis
>> > <erick.use...@ardane.c-o-m> wrote:
>>
>> > >Martin:
>>
>> > >> Of all the places in Europe worth a visit I would put Bruges down
>> > >> near the bottom of the list.
>>
>> > >Lots of well-known, important European citizens don't agree.
>>
>> > >Well, _I_ don't! :-)
>>
>> > My wife does. She is the most important European citizen and a Belgian, her
>> > folks come from the Bruges area.
>>
>> Ah, so that's why you're so much against Bruges!
>> It's the wife's family....
>
>Martin has forgotten that we can visit Bruges without stopping for tea
>at his in-laws :-)

My in-laws are long dead and lived in Liege.
--

Martin

On Aug 1, 6:23 pm, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:27:41 -0700 (PDT), Mister B <jeremyrh....m>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Jul 29, 1:29 pm, Erick T. Barkhuis <erick.use...@ardane.c-o-m>
> >wrote:
> >> Martin:
>
> >> > On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:01 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis
> >> > <erick.use...@ardane.c-o-m> wrote:
>
> >> > >Martin:
>
> >> > >> Of all the places in Europe worth a visit I would put Bruges down
> >> > >> near the bottom of the list.
>
> >> > >Lots of well-known, important European citizens don't agree.
>
> >> > >Well, _I_ don't! :-)
>
> >> > My wife does. She is the most important European citizen and a Belgian, her
> >> > folks come from the Bruges area.
>
> >> Ah, so that's why you're so much against Bruges!
> >> It's the wife's family....
>
> >Martin has forgotten that we can visit Bruges without stopping for tea
> >at his in-laws :-)
>
> My in-laws are long dead and lived in Liege.

What sort of excuse is that?

B;