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
news:1iku7hu.ar1de081h4ycN%d4g4h4.uk...
> 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

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
news:DjkBdGWKbHkIFAZO@perry.co.uk...
> 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.