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** 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 | *** 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? | ||
Revision as of 21:09, 9 January 2017
Road Trip to Wales 2017
Dates
Thu, 02/03/2017 - Sun, 05/03/2017
Outstanding Tasks
- Get two-way radios.
- 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
Itinerary
Thu, 02/03/2017
- 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 --lmm
Fri, 03/03/2017
- Cross Severn into Wales.
- Bath to Rhayader via Black Mountain Pass.
- 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
Sat, 04/03/2017
- Drive up to Conwy.
- Rhayader to Conwy with detour to Evo Triangle
- 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?
- Llandudno - Lots of choices
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