UK trip

[Beanz]

alright so I have most of this trip planned. I will be visiting the following cities in this order

London (plus day trip to Stonehenge)
Norwich
Cambridge
Warwick
Oxford
Windsor
London
Out.............

I plan on using public transit in London and renting a car for the rest.

No offense but unless it's for work that is a pretty random set of places to visit if you are coming all the way to the UK. Do you have friends and family in them or are there specific things you want to see?

[killersheep]

alright so I have most of this trip planned. I will be visiting the following cities in this order

London (plus day trip to Stonehenge)
Norwich
Cambridge
Warwick
Oxford
Windsor
London
Out.............

I plan on using public transit in London and renting a car for the rest.

No offense but unless it's for work that is a pretty random set of places to visit if you are coming all the way to the UK. Do you have friends and family in them or are there specific things you want to see?

No offense taken, Norwich is for family, we'll be spending about 5 days in London total, a few days in Cambridge, the rest we're just saw stuff that looked cool and was recommended to us. Made a nice little loop.

[superheavyrhun]

I'll come meet you for a beer or two if you fancy it Greg. You planning on doing any stargazing while you're over here? Once you start getting away from London its usually no more than a short drive to somewhere far enough from the light pollution of the towns to get a good view.

Like smashup says, for getting around London itself you can't beat the Oyster card, access to all the buses and the tubes, and you don't have to worry about calculating what the cheapest way to get around is, either a travel card or single ticket etc, it does the maths for you. As you say, based on the prices of trains today it is probably cheaper to rent a car, and long distance coach routes are just a pain in the backside to find.

[killersheep]

I'll come meet you for a beer or two if you fancy it Greg. You planning on doing any stargazing while you're over here? Once you start getting away from London its usually no more than a short drive to somewhere far enough from the light pollution of the towns to get a good view.

Like smashup says, for getting around London itself you can't beat the Oyster card, access to all the buses and the tubes, and you don't have to worry about calculating what the cheapest way to get around is, either a travel card or single ticket etc, it does the maths for you. As you say, based on the prices of trains today it is probably cheaper to rent a car, and long distance coach routes are just a pain in the backside to find.

Yeah, I'll definitely meet you for a beer. I hope in some of the smaller towns we'll be able to gaze at some stars. I'm not bringing any scopes though.