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Leave Ramsgate out of those. A bit seedy it may be, but boasts a superb marina/sea front and lots of lovely Victorian houses.
Apologies I meant Margate
Leave Ramsgate out of those. A bit seedy it may be, but boasts a superb marina/sea front and lots of lovely Victorian houses.
Wigan - home of the Uncle Joe's Mint Ball, Vimto, a pier that isn't, and pie enthusiasts.
Direct connection to London Euston on the West Coast Mainline, only 2 hrs to one of the bleakest town centre railway stations in the country.
Thanks, well seen I'm from Scotland lol.
The train to Looe is excellent BTW it's an old fashioned thing, small gauge railway line there I seem to remember.
That's about the same time for Edinburgh to London and is about double the miles.
Not trying to be pedantic, but the train to Looe is a small branch line of standard gauge.
There are just two narrow gauge railways in Cornwall...2.5 Miles of Launceston steam railway and a re-purposed mining line in the Lappa Valley park.
Arye, I remember you from the arguments over Gaza in 2014 - it was you and me against the rest. You can't get decent hummus and falafel in Northumberland, but you can get rubbish weather this time of year.
Personally, I would stay a few days in London, then go to Oxford or Cambridge (day trips from London), then Bath, Bristol, Devon, Cornwall. Lots of National Trust and English Heritage properties, but check online as many close around October for the winter. Lots of beautiful walking (including Dartmoor). Much better chance of decent weather compared to Scotland. Then come back to London for 3 to 4 days, there is so much to do in London best to split in two at start and end. Any if you have time, I'll take you for the best hummus falafel we have here, where we go regularly with our good friend from Haifa.
Driving to Devon/Cornwall is really easy this time of year, the North and Scotland is a long way and a real pain (lots of traffic, often worse than the Ayalon on a Friday afternoon) and will be exhausting.
p.s. Did you get to Radiohead in July? My wife and son went, I regret not going.
We will visit London separately in a deal in the feature.
Arye
Arye,
Make sure your dear wife packs some serious rain gear.
Arye,
Are these courier trips?
That's a shame, I'd personally consider That London essential, especially if you have much interest in art, museums etc. I actually meant to post suggesting you spent more than three days there. I could spend a day looking at the Rothko murals in Tate Modern! If you are more interested in scenery, countryside, wildlife etc then forget it and head way up north to Scotland, the Lake District etc. For industrial revolution history and music Manchester and Liverpool are well worth a punt. It all depends on your specific interests really.
Nurit tells me. as she read all the posts, that we are going to skip London in order to gain few more days to visit more sites in England.
We will visit London separately in a deal in the feature.
Arye