On 2008-05-05 09:48:12 -0500, "William Black"
said:
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> 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.
>
> You don't say where you're from but if you're from the USA I'd suggest
> that mastering driving on the wrong side of the road isn't a skill
> you'd wish to acquire on either motorways or the twisty roads of the
> Scottish Borders.
I concur from William, as an American you "got over the hump" of
learning the different driving system.
Normally, I wold say "drive" because the countryside can be so
beautiful, except if you're going to spend so little time that you
don't get practice. You will freak out when you encounter oncoming
traffic on a single-lane road. No so good.
--
Dan Stephenson
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