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heathrow-devon-scilly advice
Hi. I am planning to land at Heathrow in early June and have five days to kill and instead of doing the usual in London, I was thinking of taking a train to Devon, rent a car in Devon, staying for three or so days and then heading out to spend a night on the Isles of Scilly. Then drive back to Devon, and train back to into London, where we are meeting friends.
Some questions: 1. Doable? Enjoyable? Looking for relaxing, quaint town, good food. 2. If not, other alternatives? 3. Suggestions for places to stay, train and rental car tips? 4. Food tips? Thanks in advance. NR |
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wrote in message ... Hi. I am planning to land at Heathrow in early June and have five days to kill and instead of doing the usual in London, I was thinking of taking a train to Devon, rent a car in Devon, staying for three or so days and then heading out to spend a night on the Isles of Scilly. Then drive back to Devon, and train back to into London, where we are meeting friends. Some questions: 1. Doable? Enjoyable? Looking for relaxing, quaint town, good food. 2. If not, other alternatives? 3. Suggestions for places to stay, train and rental car tips? 4. Food tips? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------ It's too far to go in 5 days to be relaxing. If you want relaxing and quaint within the time available I suggest the Norfolk/Suffolk coasts (avoiding the larger resorts) tim NR |
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"tim....." wrote in message ... wrote in message ... Hi. I am planning to land at Heathrow in early June and have five days to kill and instead of doing the usual in London, I was thinking of taking a train to Devon, rent a car in Devon, staying for three or so days and then heading out to spend a night on the Isles of Scilly. Then drive back to Devon, and train back to into London, where we are meeting friends. Some questions: 1. Doable? Enjoyable? Looking for relaxing, quaint town, good food. 2. If not, other alternatives? 3. Suggestions for places to stay, train and rental car tips? 4. Food tips? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------ It's too far to go in 5 days to be relaxing. If you want relaxing and quaint within the time available I suggest the Norfolk/Suffolk coasts (avoiding the larger resorts) tim NR Not sure I totally agree. I think the plan needs modification. I'd get the bus from Heathrow to Reading and then the train to Penzance. Spend night 1 in Penzance and then go to Scilly for night 2. Come back to the mainland early and hire the car. Not sure what the actual times are but rather come back to Penzance I'd look at flying back to Newquay or even Exeter http://www.islesofscilly-travel.co.u...-isles-skybus/. My preference would be pick the car up at Newquay and drive along the north coast (possible stops include Port Isaac, Boscastle, Tintagel, Bude, Hartland, Colvelly) as far as Barnstaple or Bideford (night 3). Then head due south (past the RHS Rosemoor Garden near Torrington) to Okehampton and (if time allowed) on to Tavistock and over Dartmoor (a slow road) to drop the car and spend the night in Exeter on evening 4 whence train to London on day 5. Europcar have offices at Newquay airport and offer a meet and greet service at Exeter St Davids station. |
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So, basically skip Devon and head from Heathrow to Newquay (Train? Plane? Possible?), get a car, tool around the end of Cornwall, spend a night there, ditch the car, then ferry over to Scilly, spend two nights there and then ferry back and well, what's the best way back to London, So Kensington?
On Monday, March 10, 2014 1:31:43 PM UTC-7, Graham Harrison wrote: "tim....." wrote in message ... wrote in message ... Hi. I am planning to land at Heathrow in early June and have five days to kill and instead of doing the usual in London, I was thinking of taking a train to Devon, rent a car in Devon, staying for three or so days and then heading out to spend a night on the Isles of Scilly. Then drive back to Devon, and train back to into London, where we are meeting friends. Some questions: 1. Doable? Enjoyable? Looking for relaxing, quaint town, good food. 2. If not, other alternatives? 3. Suggestions for places to stay, train and rental car tips? 4. Food tips? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------ It's too far to go in 5 days to be relaxing. If you want relaxing and quaint within the time available I suggest the Norfolk/Suffolk coasts (avoiding the larger resorts) tim NR Not sure I totally agree. I think the plan needs modification. I'd get the bus from Heathrow to Reading and then the train to Penzance. Spend night 1 in Penzance and then go to Scilly for night 2. Come back to the mainland early and hire the car. Not sure what the actual times are but rather come back to Penzance I'd look at flying back to Newquay or even Exeter http://www.islesofscilly-travel.co.u...-isles-skybus/. My preference would be pick the car up at Newquay and drive along the north coast (possible stops include Port Isaac, Boscastle, Tintagel, Bude, Hartland, Colvelly) as far as Barnstaple or Bideford (night 3). Then head due south (past the RHS Rosemoor Garden near Torrington) to Okehampton and (if time allowed) on to Tavistock and over Dartmoor (a slow road) to drop the car and spend the night in Exeter on evening 4 whence train to London on day 5. Europcar have offices at Newquay airport and offer a meet and greet service at Exeter St Davids station. |
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So, basically skip Devon and head from Heathrow to Newquay
(Train? Plane? Possible?), get a car, tool around the end of Cornwall, spend a night there, ditch the car, then ferry over to Scilly, spend two nights there and then ferry back and well, what's the best way back to London, So Kensington? Do you realize what driving round Cornwall is like? (Imagine the skeleton bobsled event from Sochi, only with high stone walls on each side). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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Hi. I am planning to land at Heathrow in early June and have five days
to kill and instead of doing the usual in London, I was thinking of taking a train to Devon, rent a car in Devon, staying for three or so days and then heading out to spend a night on the Isles of Scilly. Then drive back to Devon, and train back to into London, where we are meeting friends. Some questions: 1. Doable? Enjoyable? Looking for relaxing, quaint town, good food. Sure. Well, I'd be inclined to skip the Scilly Isles as not interesting enough to be worth the trouble of getting there. Note that you have two main choices of where in Devon to switch between train and car: there's Exeter, and there's Plymouth, which is on the boundary with Cornwall. Also note that trains are currently not running through to Plymouth: one of the most scenic bits of the railway, where it runs right along the seashore (at Dawlish), was washed out by a major storm last month and the repairs aren't complete yet. They're expecting to have it back in service in early April, though, so it should be fine when you go. -- Mark Brader | "Opening a monitor case is not for the inexperienced Toronto | or the faint of heart, unless you need | defibrillation." -- Kevin D. Swan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:43:24 AM UTC, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 03:40:29 -0500, (Mark Brader) wrote: Hi. I am planning to land at Heathrow in early June and have five days to kill and instead of doing the usual in London, I was thinking of taking a train to Devon, rent a car in Devon, staying for three or so days and then heading out to spend a night on the Isles of Scilly. Then drive back to Devon, and train back to into London, where we are meeting friends. Some questions: 1. Doable? Enjoyable? Looking for relaxing, quaint town, good food. Sure. Well, I'd be inclined to skip the Scilly Isles as not interesting enough to be worth the trouble of getting there. Have you been to the Scilly Isles? I'd go. -- Martin in Zuid Holland Beautiful, certainly. But I'd absolutely take all the flying options re the time available. Scilly deserves more than a day trip. |
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Mark Brader:
Well, I'd be inclined to skip the Scilly Isles... "Martin": Have you been to the Scilly Isles? Only for one day, and that on foot once we got there. Perhaps I should have spoken more circumspectly. I'd go. Please expand. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and | look at it for hours." -- Jerome K. Jerome |
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