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Re: Travelling in Scotland and England Posted on: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:04:38 +0100

William Black wrote:

> wrote in message
> news:7cfaf36c-50d2-4056-8fa8-8620095e144a@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> > I'll be visiting Scotland and England in a few weeks, starting out in
> > Edinburgh and finishing in London. Would it be cheaper for my partner
> > and I to rent a car? Or travel by train? We are planning an over
> > night in Manchester and would need the car for only four days.
>
> Edinburgh to Manchester in a car is either a dead boring trip on motorways
> (and the A74, which is worse) or a 'challenging' drive across incredible
> countryside on incredibly bendy and slow roads.

Huh? It's 'boring' in that driving is boring, but as UK motorways go,
it's rather scenic for much of the trip. Not as scenic as some of the
alternate routes, but hardly _that_ uninteresting.

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