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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
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We will be traveling home from Europe on an unfortunate and unchangeable timetable that includes sitting at Heathrow airport for 7 hours (afternoon) - not enough to really do anything, but too long to sit and twiddle our thumbs. Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ?? I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do people do ?? Bob T. |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"Bob Thomas" wrote in message ... Hi, We will be traveling home from Europe on an unfortunate and unchangeable timetable that includes sitting at Heathrow airport for 7 hours (afternoon) - not enough to really do anything, but too long to sit and twiddle our thumbs. Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ?? I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do people do ?? Bob T. You can jump on a bus or take a cab to windsor its only 30 minutes or so by bus but allow extra time for traffic on the return as you'll hit rush hour if you are trvelling mid week http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/around/transp...route_link.htm The castle alone will occupy you for a day Keith |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"Bob Thomas" wrote in message ... Hi, We will be traveling home from Europe on an unfortunate and unchangeable timetable that includes sitting at Heathrow airport for 7 hours (afternoon) - not enough to really do anything, but too long to sit and twiddle our thumbs. Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ?? There is a little village called London which you might consider visiting. You can get the Heathrow Express into the centre and take it from there. Keep in mind the time scale however. 7 hours isn't a great deal when you consider getting into and out of the airport, checkin, security etc etc. Others have suggested Windsor as a short trip which doesn't involve going all the way into London. |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"Bob Thomas" wrote in message ... Hi, We will be traveling home from Europe on an unfortunate and unchangeable timetable that includes sitting at Heathrow airport for 7 hours (afternoon) - not enough to really do anything, but too long to sit and twiddle our thumbs. Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ?? I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do people do ?? Typically people read something like newspapers, books, timetables....; have a chat with fellow passengers next to them; go to eat and drink, have little strolls around every now and then. |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On 10/03/04 13:51, in article , "Markku
Grönroos" wrote: Typically people read something like newspapers, books, timetables....; have a chat with fellow passengers next to them; go to eat and drink, have little strolls around every now and then. I found that the book areas of Heathrow were excellent for WWII buffs. Otherwise, set and watch people, I do it all time sitting in the cafés here I live (Paris). I spend a lot of time thinking anyway, a pleasurable process. Earl |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
There is no cure, it's a terminal condition. Sorry. -- Tim. If the human brain were simple enough that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
Otherwise, set and watch people, I do it all time sitting in the cafés here
I live (Paris). Why is it fun watching people while sitting at a side-walk café - but so boring watching people while sitting in an air terminal? |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
"Steltzjr" wrote in message ... Otherwise, set and watch people, I do it all time sitting in the cafés here I live (Paris). Why is it fun watching people while sitting at a side-walk café - but so boring watching people while sitting in an air terminal? Is this how you feel about it? |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
It might depend on whether it's really 7 hours, or 7 hours from
touchdown to takeoff, which could be a lot shorter in terms of free time. An expensive trip could be into cental London on the Heathrow Express (15 minutes each way), and a tube ride to somewhere a bit more interesting than Paddington. But you're highly dependent on the trains running OK. Another possibility people speak of quite a lot is to go to Windsor: the Heathrow website has a map of local bus services showing a service (bus no 50) to Windsor every 30 minutes. www.windsor.gov.uk PJW On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:39:43 +1100, Bob Thomas wrote: Hi, We will be traveling home from Europe on an unfortunate and unchangeable timetable that includes sitting at Heathrow airport for 7 hours (afternoon) - not enough to really do anything, but too long to sit and twiddle our thumbs. Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ?? I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do people do ?? Bob T. |
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Anyone know how to cope with Heathrow boredom??
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:39:43 +1100, Bob Thomas
wrote: Hi, We will be traveling home from Europe on an unfortunate and unchangeable timetable that includes sitting at Heathrow airport for 7 hours (afternoon) - not enough to really do anything, but too long to sit and twiddle our thumbs. Any idea what to do for 7 hours? Is there a nice nearby town to visit for the afternoon? Is there some nice touristy place close by ?? I'm sure that we're not the first to have this problem ... so what do people do ?? When my wife has several hours layover at Heathrow on the way back to the USA she goes out to the stop for local buses and asks the bus driver how far away the nearest Tesco supermarket is. Then she goes and buys stuff like Tesco store brand teabags, which she prefers to the cheap teas available here. We enjoy looking around in shops and supermarkets in other countries. ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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