Its been awhile since the last post as we have been racking up the miles in our hire car as we tour England. Finding net cafes has been hard as cities here dont have any phone books in public phones and you have to rely on local people to assist you to find them.
We have already driven 1500 miles, starting with Stonehenge on the day we left London, then onto Brighton, Hove for our first day.
The Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS has been wonderful, its harder to use in the city centers where turns are happening every 100 feet or more, but it still works fine.
There are a million speed cameras here and they dont post any speed limits on the roads! You have to rely on general rules 30 miles an hour for towns, 50 miles an hour for single carriage ways and 70 miles and hour for dual carriageways - sometimes this is not always the case!
No one does the speed limit on the big motorways - many do 20-30 miles an hour more than the limit. I have seen millions of BMWs here and Audis. I reckon I was passed by a guy doing well over 110 miles an hour once in a 70mph zone!
The weather has been on and off - we have had some sunny days. Right now we are in Leeds on our way back down south heading to London.
I could have planned the driving better - as its taken longer to get to places than expected - but thats ok, we have seen alot of countryside and stopped at a number of Bed and Breakfasts that have been right in the heart of the countryside.
Craig, we went to TVR mecca (Blackpool) and I never saw on trevor, but I have seen 3 so far since I have been here. We drove past the TVR factory (Wendy thinks I am nuts).
I will post a few more photos from our drive in the next few posts.
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Can you load internet cafes on your Garmin as points of interest?
Yes you can but its not easy as no one has a central database
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