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== Dates ==
== Dates ==
Thu, 02/03/2017 - Sun, 05/03/2017
Thu, 02/03/2017 - Sun, 05/03/2017
== Outstanding Tasks ==
* 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).
== Who's Coming ==
* Yingke in 2012 Nissan 370Z
* Lmm in 2008 Lotus Exige S
* AIM - Audi A1 Sport back S


== Itinerary ==
== Itinerary ==
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** Hillingdon?
** Hillingdon?
** I think a good place to meet up, if it has to be near Hillingdon, would be at this [https://goo.gl/maps/huyFYRcHQUk Tesco car park]. There is also a Shell next to it. - YYY
** I think a good place to meet up, if it has to be near Hillingdon, would be at this [https://goo.gl/maps/huyFYRcHQUk 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
* [https://goo.gl/maps/AdGzhe3Y87r  Wonder Cafe] - http://www.wondercafe.co.uk/ - YYY
* Drive around somewhere in England?
* Drive around somewhere in England?
** Out towards Chesham and then down through the Chilterns to Theale?
** Out towards Chesham and then down through the Chilterns to Theale?
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** 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 ??
** 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?
* Spend night somewhere in England?
* Proposed route: https://www.myscenicdrives.com/road-trip-directions?i=9fb78586-c431-4a64-a0f6-59f1d5d552cb
* 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]].
** If the total trip time is 5 hours 46 minutes then it is almost certainly too long. Note that it will also take me more than an hour to get to Hillingdon (I suspect traffic will be bad on Thursday morning). I think it has to be cut down to 3 - 4 hours. - YYY
** Lunch: perhaps http://www.thespringinn.co.uk/
** Evening: https://www.thermaebathspa.com/treatment-prices/spapackages/package/twilight-package ?


=== Fri, 03/03/2017 ===
=== Fri, 03/03/2017 ===
* Cross Severn into Wales.
* Cross Severn into Wales.
* [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.
** Make a stop at Swansea for lunch or something.
* [http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/mid-wales-inn.en-gb.html?aid=304142;label=gen173nr-1FCAEoggJCAlhYSDNiBW5vcmVmaE2IAQGYAS64AQjIAQzYAQHoAQH4AQuoAgM;sid=5459ff9768914b3ce1a63f2dc858b4c5;all_sr_blocks=134249601_89941802_0_42_0;checkin=2017-03-03;checkout=2017-03-04;dest_id=-2606172;dest_type=city;dist=0;group_adults=2;highlighted_blocks=134249601_89941802_0_42_0;highlighted_facilites=2;hpos=3;nflt=hotelfacility%3D2;room1=A%2CA;sb_price_type=total;srfid=f0584c1584becc1093acad20160bf7d3c34be4a1X3;type=total;ucfs=1&;selected_currency=GBP;changed_currency=1;top_currency=1 Mid Wales Inn] - Booked 1 Twin (£65) and 1 Double Room + Breakfast (£56.50). Paid £56.50 for Double Room in advance. - YYY


=== Sat, 04/03/2017 ===
=== Sat, 04/03/2017 ===
* Drive up to Conwy.
* Drive up to Conwy.
 
* [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.
** Stop somewhere for lunch?
** [http://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=304142&label=gen173nr-1FCAEoggJCAlhYSDNiBW5vcmVmaE2IAQGYAS64AQjIAQzYAQHoAQH4AQuoAgM&sid=5459ff9768914b3ce1a63f2dc858b4c5&checkin_month=3&checkin_monthday=4&checkin_year=2017&checkout_month=3&checkout_monthday=5&checkout_year=2017&class_interval=1&dest_id=-2601512&dest_type=city&group_adults=2&group_children=0&hlrd=0&label_click=undef&nflt=hotelfacility%3D2%3B&no_rooms=1&raw_dest_type=city&room1=A%2CA&sb_price_type=total&search_selected=1&src_elem=sb&ss=Llandudno%2C%20Gwynedd%2C%20United%20Kingdom&ss_raw=lla&ssb=empty&order=price Llandudno] - Lots of choices
* Stay at https://www.laterooms.com/en/hotel-reservations/263373_westpoint-hotel-colwyn-bay.aspx
** One twin room (£75), one single room (£55)
** Eat at http://www.steak-frites.co.uk/About.php ?
=== Sun, 05/03/2017 ===
=== Sun, 05/03/2017 ===
* Drive home.
* Drive home.
** Note I will have to return my car by 4pm --lmm
** I'll probably take this [https://goo.gl/maps/TwmB6yXMDL52 route] home. - YYY



Latest revision as of 23:36, 9 May 2021

Road Trip to Wales 2017

Dates

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

Outstanding Tasks

Who's Coming

  • Yingke in 2012 Nissan 370Z
  • Lmm in 2008 Lotus Exige S
  • AIM - Audi A1 Sport back S

Itinerary

Thu, 02/03/2017

Fri, 03/03/2017

Sat, 04/03/2017

Sun, 05/03/2017

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