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Post by irishpat on Mar 3, 2007 13:31:27 GMT -5
HI WE NEED FEEDBACK/SUGGESTIONS PLEASE. DAY1 ARR Gatwick day1-4inc sightsee inLondon.> days5,6,7 day trips to Dover,Stratford, Sherwood Forest ,Cambridge, or ? leave London and travel about to these places.> days8&9 travel to Cornwall,Plymouth area taking in Salisbury, Stonehenge Bath. >days9&10 Cotswold areas >day 11 travel to Edinburgh.>days12,13 &14 sightseeing there with day trips to Hadrian's Wall,& Falk irks Wheel.My partner wants to Golf somewhere at St Andrews so there is day 15 >days 16,17,18 sightseeing the Highlands incl isle of Skye. >days 19&20 The lake district England >days 21,22&23 North Wales. or is Liverpool a must? the Beatles and all. Day 24 ?ferry from Holy head to Ireland Will we get to these places via trains easily? Accom plan to be a mix of Hostels,B&Bs and the odd budget hotel. Thoughts on accom appreciated as I am willing to try hostels and B&Bs all comments and assistance gratefully appreciated The 3wks in Ireland have yet to be planned. THX Pat
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Post by madamtrashheap on Mar 5, 2007 0:22:06 GMT -5
OK, so this pretravel.proboards1.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&n=1&thread=2949&page=1#1171010302 is still in the planning. The reason I remark on this is that it depends if you drive or train around England, Scotland and Wales. If you intend to drive, then keep the car and take the ferry from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire ("dun leery") port at Dublin. Otherwise, you could fly to Dublin (or Cork in some cases) from Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and of course London with Aer Lingus. To answer your question regarding transport - train travel to the places you've listed is easy (except to Hadrian's Wall, check for bus routes on www.hadrians-wall.org/; Falkirk Wheel has a bus service from Falkirk train station or you can hike there if you're inclined; or hire a car for the day from Edinburgh). All of the places you've listed are worth a visit, although the part about staying in London for day trips vs leaving for other places is up to you as they are all in different directions (some south some west). You could do a day trip (albeit an organised coach trip) that goes to Windsor, Stonehenge and Bath, plus look at combining places that are in the same region for trips. Plymouth and Cornwall are a long way south, so consider the time you have vs where you really want to see to make the decision. Also the Scottish Highlands are best explored by car (the Whisky Trail has no train line) so you could perhaps do the train in England and travel north from London (once you've spend time there), maybe stay in York, then train to Edinburgh and hire a car from there, drive north to St Andrews, then west through the Highlands, Skye, the Lakes District, to Liverpool for one day (look around the city, do the Beatles trail and end up at the Cavern on a Thursday -Sunday night for the excellent Beatles cover band) then drive to Holyhead (with a stop in northern Wales if you like) and ferry to Dublin. A note on St Andrew's: book the golf game with the clubhouse as soon as you know the date you'll be there. It's popular, as you can imagine, and books out in advance pretty quickly. Here's some info: www.standrews.org.uk/ |
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Post by crystal on Mar 12, 2007 16:51:02 GMT -5
Just a small suggestion
Hadrian's wall and the Lake District are so close I would visit these together. Train travel around the Lake District is difficult so I would suggest the bus.
If I understand your itinerary correctly
You are going north from the Cotswolds straight to Edinburgh (around a 6 1/2hr drive)
then back south to Hadrian's wall and/or Falkirk (2 1/2hr drive).
Then back North to St Andrews and the highlands (4hr drive)
then south again to the Lake District. (4hr+ drive)
It seems a lot of toing and froing. Is there another way of making this more of a round trip? Sorry I have a thing about trips going around in circles.
Happy Planning
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