Pip pip, cheerio and all that!
 

plt alluded to it already, but I am soon going to the UK and France for 2.5 weeks. Perhaps some of you redcoats would like to share a pint with this old Yank while I'm there.

I will post further later, but my basic itinerary is this:

3 Jul: Depart Houston.
4 Jul: Arrive Heathrow 9am. Pick up car, drive on the left to Stonehenge, thence to Bath for the afternoon.
5 Jul: Long drive from Bath through the Cotswolds, then on to Liverpool, staying in Lancaster for the night.
6 Jul: The Lake District for the day, on to Dumfries, Scotland.
7 Jul: Short hop to Edinburgh for a good day.
8 Jul: Leave Edinburgh late, another long drive down the motorway to Wakefield.
9 Jul: Wakefied to Coventry, Stratford-on-Avon, Oxford, to the London suburb of Hemel-on-Hempstead.
10-13 Jul: Three days in the Bayswater area of London, then on to Paris and environs for a week.

Any suggestions from you locals are welcome.

Oh yes, I will taking pictures. Our first full day in Paris is Bastille Day!

if for some reason youy find yourself held over at KCI gimmie a call.. I'll come up and have a drink with you

Actually, we're flying thru Newark on the way, but if I ever do get to KCI you're on.

(Assuming KCI means "Kansas City International" and not "Kansas Correctional Institution")

Have an awesome time, looking forward to the pics...safe travels!

Lucky bastard! I am hoping to go to England/Ireland/Scotland somewhere between Jan. '06 and June '06. Have an AWESOME time and please, loads of pics!!

Sounds like a rounded trip, prepared to be underwhelmed by stonehenge however. If you do inner london drop me a line, I'm usually to be found in or near the square mile if I'm in town.

Just curious, but why Edinburgh? Dumfries is about the nearest you'll get to me. From there you could come to my little island for a day instead ... Are you a city or a country person?
limey

jag: I have nearly 4 full days in London, so if we can manage it let's try to get together. As for Stonehenge, I have to see it, but probably just from the road. I'm not paying 7 quid if I can't even get near it.

limey: Because Edinburgh is cool! Unless you know something I don't. You live on the Isle of Man, right?

NBN, you could perform a valuable service for your country - tell them you're Canadian. :lol:

I'm trying to buy a Hilton timeshare in the US. If I get it, I have the option of staying at one of three locations in Scotland in March, May, or September.

Coylumbridge at Aviemore

Craigendarroch at Royal Deeside

Hilton Dunkeld at Perthshire

That's assuming they are available.

Of course, if 12 Cellarites clubbed together, they could rent a lodge at Balmoral Castle, when the Royal Family isn't visiting.

at the moment it looks like I'll be in London around then so sure, lets catch up!

Nope, the Isle of Arran (nowhere near Inverness, despite the web page name!).
limey

Holy cow...40 miles, 90 minute drive. Must be some pretty sheep along the way. :)

You haven't seen the roads, narrow (one lane each way), twisty and ... we drive on the left :eyebrow: . But, yes, the sheep are very pretty :love:.

My band plays "Arran Boat Song"...now I can say I sort of know someone who lives there! :)

Here is a nice Edinburgh skyline for NBN

Thanks be-bop. The highest point is Arthur's Seat, is it not?

The Baths at Bath are absolutely awesome... the audio tour is so worth it. It is about 9 pounds for students, don't know what the regular price is. I also love Liverpool... it is sooo fun at night. I can't remember where I went when I was there, probably because I was drunk. Still... fantastic city. Stratford is also pretty neat, but very touristy. You don't need long to see it.

I like Cambridge better than Oxford... you can't like both :).

Have a great time... I am soooo jealous.

Holidays in Paris are phenomenal. I was there for fete de la musique and Bastille day a few years ago - I've never had so much fun in my life. Amazing how the entire city hits the streets and truly celebrates. Even July 4th was a ton of fun. Just ... fantastic.

Buy cheap red wine and bagettes, and saunter along the catwalks above the Seine while drinking from the bottle and soaking in the atmosphere. Best times I've ever had.

Thats right NBN Arthurs Seat to the right and Salisbury Crags to the left.
Been a few years sice Ive been up there but the views are so cool all the Way over to Fife and right down the east coast.
10 minutes from the middle of the town and there is this huge expanse of green.
Its one good thing about Edinburgh there are a great many parks in the city.

It's getting close now, so any of you who may want to hook up need to PM me with a way to contact you. I will have my laptop with me but there's no guarantee on when I'll be able to get to the web once I'm there.

jag, do you know how to get a list of the hot spots in London? I mean WiFi, not strip clubs. I'll hit those in Paris.

oh boy. you;ll do better leaving them alone bro......

Bump.

Because plt's post seemed to drop me way down the queue.

I want to soak up some local color, people!

been away, sorry. Most of the chain cafes are with one or another hotspot provider but you have to sign up for most, I must admit I usually don't bother. Google will be your friend on that one. Big coffee chains are Costa Coffee, Starbucks and Cafe Nero.

Across the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh lies the village of Lower Largo. There is a statue and a small museum dedicated to Alexander Selcraig(Selkirk).
Who? Robinson Crusoe. Not the guy that wrote it...the guy that lived it, for 28 years on an island off the coast of South America. :)