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Road Trip to Wales 2017

Thu, 02/03/2017 - Sun, 05/03/2017

Get two-way radios.
- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-TLKR-Extreme-two-way-radio/dp/B00UBTVGSA/ref=pd_bxgy_107_img_z Premium option, but has a long advertised range which may be needed for inter-car talk.
Create custom routes and get app that can navigate them (Google Maps seems rubbish in this regard).

Leave London.
Meet up somewhere?
- Hillingdon?
- I think a good place to meet up, if it has to be near Hillingdon, would be at this Tesco car park. There is also a Shell next to it. - YYY
  - It doesn't have to be Hillingdon - just that's about the right area and I hear it has a car park. --lmm
Wonder Cafe - http://www.wondercafe.co.uk/ - YYY
Drive around somewhere in England?
- Out towards Chesham and then down through the Chilterns to Theale?
- A4 along the Kennet, over the North Wessex downs and through Savernake Forest? (It's the old coach road out to Bath)
- B4632 between Stratford and Cheltenham is supposedly very scenic. Possibly a bit out of our way??
- The other side of where we want to be, http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/post.php?s=2011-12-01-the-cheddar-gorge ??
Spend night somewhere in England?
Proposed route: https://www.myscenicdrives.com/road-trip-directions?i=c2f2354b-cbd4-4ae6-b698-448702e679ad comes out as 4:13. GPX track is File:WalesRoadTrip2017-Thursday.gpx.
- Lunch: perhaps http://www.thespringinn.co.uk/
- Evening: https://www.thermaebathspa.com/treatment-prices/spapackages/package/twilight-package ?

Cross Severn into Wales.
Bath to Mid Wales Inn via Black Mountain Pass. GPX track is File:WalesRoadTrip2017-Friday.gpx.
- http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/uk-road.php?s=2011-09-16-black-mountain-pass
- Picked Rhayader because it looks like it has more accomodation.
- Make a stop at Swansea for lunch or something.
Mid Wales Inn - Booked 1 Twin (£65) and 1 Double Room + Breakfast (£56.50). Paid £56.50 for Double Room in advance. - YYY

Drive home.
- Note I will have to return my car by 4pm --lmm
- I'll probably take this route home. - YYY

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 * Yingke in 2012 Nissan 370Z
 * Lmm in 2008 Lotus Exige S
-* AIM - car undefined
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 == Itinerary ==
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 === Fri, 03/03/2017 ===
 * Cross Severn into Wales.
-* [https://goo.gl/maps/SZRmfPUwnhL2 Bath to Rhayader via Black Mountain Pass.]
+* [https://goo.gl/maps/QFkMaLWrE6D2 Bath to Mid Wales Inn via Black Mountain Pass.] GPX track is [[File:WalesRoadTrip2017-Friday.gpx]].
 ** http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/uk-road.php?s=2011-09-16-black-mountain-pass
 ** Picked Rhayader because it looks like it has more accomodation.
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 === Sat, 04/03/2017 ===
 * Drive up to Conwy.
-* [https://goo.gl/maps/8wLPRytPL3T2 Rhayader to Conwy with detour to Evo Triangle]
+* [https://goo.gl/maps/sYUHW1EzcbD2 Mid Wales Inn to Conwy with detour to Evo Triangle] GPX track is [[File:WalesRoadTrip2017-Saturday.gpx]].
 ** http://www.drivingforpleasure.co.uk/roads-and-tours/uk-road.php?s=2011-08-30-the-evo-triangle
 ** Llanidloes, further up the A470, has a Texaco that has high octane unleaded.