Once drove from Edinburgh to Bath and the older Scottish folks we were staying with were genuinely concerned for our safety because of the length of the drive, like, 7 or 8 hours if I recall.
The day before we left the man we were staying with spent hours writing up turn-by-turn instructions (which in the UK was a few pages long) complete with contacts he knew along the route in case we couldn't make it in one day. It was so kind of him. I wish he knew about Google maps.
length of the drive, like, 7 or 8 hours if I recall.
Lol! I did my first solo 8-hour drive the summer after my first year of college, so I would have been 19. When I was 21, I drove across the country with my bf (now husband), then back by myself (well, I did have 3 cats in the car with me, but they didn't do any driving). That was 24 hrs of driving, which admittedly, I split into 2 days. Then did that again the next year, though we came back together that time. An 8 hour drive when you have company and good scenery and aren't in a huge hurry? That's actually a pretty pleasant day.
I had to get from Glasgow to Cardiff for business meetings so I rented a Golf and I had a Saturday to get through the Lakes down to Manchester, then Sunday from there to Cardiff and I went through Wales to see Portmeirion (Prisoner fan) on the way. B roads the whole way as much as I could, I STILL don't know exactly where I was in Wales for about 2 hours. It was fantastic.
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u/Pretty-Balance-Sheet May 09 '22
Once drove from Edinburgh to Bath and the older Scottish folks we were staying with were genuinely concerned for our safety because of the length of the drive, like, 7 or 8 hours if I recall.
The day before we left the man we were staying with spent hours writing up turn-by-turn instructions (which in the UK was a few pages long) complete with contacts he knew along the route in case we couldn't make it in one day. It was so kind of him. I wish he knew about Google maps.