Simonon is sooo....o right. When friends from America coming over they often
think they can do what we call "stupid mileages" like 400 miles a day. You can
do that for one day when you start in the middle of the night with less traffic
than over day. I can only recommend when you like to enjoy your holidays to go
down to 200 miles/day as an everage or even less. Otherwise you may see other
cars on the motorway but nothing else.
Its the same when you are going to central Europe like France, Belgium,
Holland, Germany, Switerland.
Josef Eckert
Konigswinter/Germany
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Betreff: Re: [Healeys] While in UK
Datum: 2017-04-05T07:24:48+0200
Von: "Bruce Steele" <healeybruce at roadrunner.com>
An: "'Simon Lachlan'" <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>, "'Rick Wilkins'" <rick
at ewilkins.com>
Hmmm, just like Southern California!
Bruce Steele
Brea, CA
1960 BN7
-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Simon
Lachlan
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 1:44 PM
To: 'Rick Wilkins' <rick at ewilkins.com>
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] While in UK
One thing.........you guys from the States are somewhat used to looking at a
map and saying "Right, 50 miles....that'll take x minutes". When you do that in
the UK you have to say "Right, 50 miles.....that'll take you x+++++ minutes" ie
our distances are less, but our times can be horrendous. Traffic........like
you can waste an hour going round Birmingham in the rush hour, all on Motorway,
but just too many cars. Think time, not distance.
Use the AA website for best routes and times.
Simon
-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Rick
Wilkins
Sent: 04 April 2017 16:20
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] While in UK
Your US license will be enough to use in the UK. I?ve driven all over the UK
from Brighton to Edinburgh, Devon to Yorkshire. Plenty to see.
I didn?t see a lot come through the list. What kinds of things would you like
to see?
Warwick Castle is nice, although very ?Disney? in its presentation. Windsor
Castle is west of London and is a living castle where the Queen still resides
part time.
Near Oxford is Blenheim Palace. For classic English charm, you need to drive
through parts of the Cotswolds. Best area is between Bath (worth a visit) and
north toward Warwickshire (Stratford upon Avon, Warwick Castle), etc. The motor
Museum at Gaydon was great when I went as there was at least one Works Healey
and the whole set of Minis that took Monte Carlo, etc.
I can tell you more if you have questions about the countryside or other sites.
Rick Wilkins
> On Apr 3, 2017, at 6:03 PM, llennep at verizon.net wrote:
>
> Thanks to all for the input on what my family should see/do when in UK. Got
> some really good feedback on that. One related Q for those of you in UK.
> Will we need an international drivers license or will the valid US drivers
> license be satisfactory to drive in England, Scotland and Ireland (possibly
> Wales)?
>
> Keith
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