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Points of interest between Bristol and Stansted
I'll be driving from Bristol to Stansted airport on a Sunday and have
around 7 hours at my disposal, so I'm looking for somewhere interesting to make stop on the way. Interests would be great nature, grand architecture or maybe some old town. |
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Points of interest between Bristol and Stansted
"Jesper Lauridsen" wrote in message ... I'll be driving from Bristol to Stansted airport on a Sunday and have around 7 hours at my disposal, so I'm looking for somewhere interesting to make stop on the way. Interests would be great nature, grand architecture or maybe some old town. Don't stop until you get there. Why? Well, your major issue is going to be getting round London. Sunday it might be but the traffic can be a real problem. I think I'd head a little beyond the airport up the M11 to Saffron Walden, have lunch and stroll. |
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On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 22:03:21 +0100, "Graham Harrison"
wrote: "Jesper Lauridsen" wrote in message ... I'll be driving from Bristol to Stansted airport on a Sunday and have around 7 hours at my disposal, so I'm looking for somewhere interesting to make stop on the way. Interests would be great nature, grand architecture or maybe some old town. Don't stop until you get there. Why? Well, your major issue is going to be getting round London. Sunday it might be but the traffic can be a real problem. I think I'd head a little beyond the airport up the M11 to Saffron Walden, have lunch and stroll. Agreed, get off the M25 heading north and then find somewhere that looks interesting. |
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Points of interest between Bristol and Stansted
On 04/08/2013 11:08 PM, Bill wrote:
On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 22:03:21 +0100, "Graham Harrison" wrote: "Jesper Lauridsen" wrote in message ... I'll be driving from Bristol to Stansted airport on a Sunday and have around 7 hours at my disposal, so I'm looking for somewhere interesting to make stop on the way. Interests would be great nature, grand architecture or maybe some old town. Don't stop until you get there. Why? Well, your major issue is going to be getting round London. Sunday it might be but the traffic can be a real problem. I think I'd head a little beyond the airport up the M11 to Saffron Walden, have lunch and stroll. Agreed, get off the M25 heading north and then find somewhere that looks interesting. He could drive past the airport up the M11 and visit Cambridge. The view of the medieval college buildings from across the river Cam is stunning. |
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On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 22:03:21 +0100, "Graham Harrison"
wrote: Don't stop until you get there. Why? Well, your major issue is going to be getting round London. Sunday it might be but the traffic can be a real problem. The M25 part of the trip took 41 minutes. |
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On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Jesper Lauridsen wrote:
I'll be driving from Bristol to Stansted airport ... to make stop on the way. Are Bath or Wells too far off the way ? I did (by train) quick visits to Bristol, Gloucester and Worcester on a Sunday, after a Saturday in Bath. |
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:57:56 +0200, Giovanni Drogo
wrote: On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Jesper Lauridsen wrote: I'll be driving from Bristol to Stansted airport ... to make stop on the way. Are Bath or Wells too far off the way ? I had originally planned to visit Bath for an evening during my stay, but there wasn't time. So Bath was the Sunday visit after first making a trek to Vale Street in Bristol. |
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Jesper Lauridsen:
So Bath was the Sunday visit after first making a trek to Vale Street in Bristol. And how steep was it, in degrees, in percentage points, or your other chosen unit? grin -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Abel was I ere I saw non-Abelian groups" | --Roland Hutchinson |
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Points of interest between Bristol and Stansted
On 2013-04-08 15:53:13 -0500, Jesper Lauridsen said:
I'll be driving from Bristol to Stansted airport on a Sunday and have around 7 hours at my disposal, so I'm looking for somewhere interesting to make stop on the way. Interests would be great nature, grand architecture or maybe some old town. I'll second someone else's suggestion to visit Bath. It has nice Geogian architecture, and a pretty cathedral. The Roman baths can be toured. Winding your way through the Cotswolds visiting tiny villages would also be very picturesque. Close to the airport is St. Alban's, with an interesting cathedral, Roman ruins, and the museum has some great mosaics salvaged. -- Dan Stephenson http://stepheda.com Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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Points of interest between Bristol and Stansted
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 20:53:13 +0000 (UTC), Jesper Lauridsen wrote: I'll be driving from Bristol to Stansted airport on a Sunday and have around 7 hours at my disposal, so I'm looking for somewhere interesting to make stop on the way. M25? :-) Interests would be great nature, grand architecture or maybe some old town. Avebury, Windsor, London -- Martin in Zuid Holland Oxford, Bicester, Aylesbury maybe? Gerrit - Oz |
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