15 days.
1,500 km of driving.
10 different places.
13 types of cuisines.
This basically summed up my trip to the U.K. We flew by Emirates, which cost S$1,141 per pax due to a promotion. And in U.K, we visited the following places in this order:
1,500 km of driving.
10 different places.
13 types of cuisines.
This basically summed up my trip to the U.K. We flew by Emirates, which cost S$1,141 per pax due to a promotion. And in U.K, we visited the following places in this order:
- Oxford
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Moreton-in-Marsh
- Warwick
- Blackpool
- Windermere
- Carlisle
- York
- Bicester
- London
This was our first self-drive trip, and it was definitely a great new experience - the feeling of being free, travelling in comfort, enjoying watching the grass and sky. I was practically intoxicated with euphoria. The ease of driving there certainly helped, and the drivers there tend to give way, instead of how it is in Singapore.
We rented a car from Hertz, and since we wanted to save a bit on costs, I chose the cheapest car available. It turned out to be a Vauxhall Corsa, 1.2 litres, on manual transmission, and costs us around 300 pounds for 10 days. I was a bit apprehensive about driving a manual vehicle - it had been 12 years since I last drove one, after all - but the cheapest car on automatic transmission was twice the price, at 600 pounds. So I went for the Vauxhall Corsa. It was a bit lacking in power, but for the cost savings, we were more than happy with it. It was really just nice for the two of us, as the boot (which was quite small) and the back seats were totally occupied by our luggage.
And the different cuisines we tried there were British, American, Indian, Turkish, Italian, Szechuan, Brazillian, Cantonese, Thai, Greek, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The weather was also quite comfortable, ranging from about 8 to 18 degrees Celsius.
Here are the blog links to each place we visited in the U.K.
We rented a car from Hertz, and since we wanted to save a bit on costs, I chose the cheapest car available. It turned out to be a Vauxhall Corsa, 1.2 litres, on manual transmission, and costs us around 300 pounds for 10 days. I was a bit apprehensive about driving a manual vehicle - it had been 12 years since I last drove one, after all - but the cheapest car on automatic transmission was twice the price, at 600 pounds. So I went for the Vauxhall Corsa. It was a bit lacking in power, but for the cost savings, we were more than happy with it. It was really just nice for the two of us, as the boot (which was quite small) and the back seats were totally occupied by our luggage.
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| Our rental car at Lake District |
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| Returning the car at London |
Here are the blog links to each place we visited in the U.K.
Windermere
Carlisle
York
Bicester
London
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