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Re: Fair warning, I think I'm coming back
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Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:30:25 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.uk, Jonathon Goldsworthy writes:
> > > I can't help but feel that I should make the effort to meet up with the
> > > legendary Larry P, especially since I work in Bath.
> > > Larry, how long will you be in Bath?
> >
> > Chalk it up to cluelessness somewhere, but I actually won't be *in* Bath. I
> > will be in Bournemouth. Which is not all that close to Bath in "english"
> > distances (although tis just a hop skip and a jump in US distances) so where
> > my travel department got that it's Bath is a mystery to me.
> >
> > I will be there all next week arriving Sunday (the 9th I think) during the • day
> > sometime (taking the train from Gatwick after I land) and will be leaving on
> > Friday afternoon. I haven't decided if I will hire a car and drive back to
> > London or take the train.
> >
> > (I was leery of hiring a car due to you lot driving on the wrong side (most • of
> > the rest of the world drives on the *right* side of the road so you must • drive
> > on the wrong side, eh?) but I did rather well in Oz when I hired a car for • the
> > weekend, I didn't headon with any one and only turned into the wrong lane
> once)
>
> I think most of the world drives on the Left... or so I am told. I am pretty
> sure that a good deal of Africa, Asia and Ociania do as we. However, I think
> that cars were counted - the European way would be in the majority.
I may have to eat my hat on this. 64 Lefies v 155 Righties:
From:
http://www.travel-library.com/general/driving/drive_which_side.html
Cars (Trains Below)
L Anguilla
L Antigua and Barbuda
L Australia
L Bahamas
L Bangladesh
L Barbados
L Bermuda
L Bhutan
L Botswana
L Brunei
L Cook Islands
L Cyprus
L Dominica
L Falkland Islands
L Fiji
L Grenada
L Guernsey (Channel Islands)
L Guyana
L Hong Kong
L India
L Indonesia
L Ireland
L Isle of Man
L Jamaica
L Japan
L Jersey (Channel Islands)
L Kenya
L Kiribati
L Lesotho
L Macau
L Malawi
L Malaysia
L Maldives
L Malta
L Mauritius
L Mozambique
L Namibia
L Nauru
L Nepal
L New Zealand
L Pakistan
L Papua New Guinea
L Saint Kitts and Nevis
L Saint Lucia
L Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
L Seychelles
L Singapore
L Solomon Islands
L South Africa
L Sri Lanka
L Suriname
L Swaziland
L Tanzania
L Thailand
L Tonga
L Trinidad and Tobago
L Turks and Caicos Islands
L Tuvalu
L Uganda
L United Kingdom
L Virgin Islands (British)
L Virgin Islands (US)
L Zambia
L Zimbabwe
R Afghanistan
R Albania
R Algeria
R American Samoa
R Andorra
R Angola
R Argentina
R Armenia
R Austria
R Azerbaijan
R Bahrain
R Belarus
R Belgium
R Belize
R Benin
R Bolivia
R Bosnia and Herzegovina
R Brazil
R Bulgaria
R Burkina Faso
R Burundi
R Cambodia
R Cameroon
R Canada
R Cape Verde
R Central African Republic
R Chad
R Chile
R China, People's Republic of (Mainland China)
R Colombia
R Comoros
R Congo
R Costa Rica
R Croatia
R Cuba
R Czech Republic
R Denmark
R Djibouti
R Dominican Republic
R Ecuador
R Egypt
R El Salvador
R Equatorial Guinea
R Eritrea
R Estonia
R Ethiopia
R Finland
R France
R French Guiana
R French Polynesia
R Gabon
R Gambia, The
R Gaza Strip
R Georgia
R Germany
R Ghana
R Gibraltar
R Greece
R Greenland
R Guadeloupe
R Guam
R Guatemala
R Guinea
R Guinea-Bissau
R Haiti
R Honduras
R Hungary
R Iceland
R Iran
R Iraq
R Israel
R Italy
R Ivory Coast
R Jordan
R Kazakhstan
R Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)
R Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
R Kuwait
R Kyrgyzstan
R Laos
R Latvia
R Lebanon
R Liberia
R Libya
R Liechtenstein
R Lithuania
R Luxembourg
R Macedonia
R Madagascar
R Mali
R Marshall Islands
R Martinique
R Mauritania
R Mexico
R Micronesia, Federated States of
R Moldova
R Monaco
R Mongolia
R Morocco
R Myanmar (Burma)
R Netherlands
R New Caledonia
R Nicaragua
R Niger
R Nigeria
R Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan)
R Norway
R Oman
R Palau
R Panama
R Paraguay
R Peru
R Philippines
R Poland
R Portugal
R Puerto Rico
R Qatar
R Reunion
R Romania
R Russia
R Rwanda
R Samoa
R San Marino
R Sao Tome e Principe
R Saudi Arabia
R Senegal
R Sierra Leone
R Slovakia
R Slovenia
R Somalia
R Spain
R Sudan
R Sweden
R Switzerland
R Syria
R Taiwan (Republic of China)
R Tajikistan
R Togo
R Tunisia
R Turkey
R Turkmenistan
R Ukraine
R United Arab Emirates
R United States
R Uruguay
R Uzbekistan
R Vanuatu
R Venezuela
R Vietnam
R Wallis and Futuna Islands [Fr.]
R West Bank
R Western Sahara (ex Spanish Sahara)
R Yemen
R Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
R Zaire
Trains (Cars Above)
Left: Australia, Belgium, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Sweden,
Switzerland, UK.
Right: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway,
Romania, Russia, USA.
>
> >
> > If I hire a car I'd be looking for crash space for Friday and or saturday in
> > the greater South England area (not picky about where exactly), could be Bath
> > for that matter... or perhaps the Queen will invite me to stay at Windsor
> > Castle. Or Huw will put me up again, that would be better, he has better • toys.
> >
> > How feasible is it to just pick up and find a place to stay (hotel, inn, B&B)
> > if you're not too picky about exactly where but aren't all that well
> > acquainted with the area?
>
> At this time of year you will do well.
>
> > In the US you just drive along major highways till
> > you see a hotel chain sign. That didn't seem to be the case when I was in the
> > UK last, chain hotels were rather a rarity.
>
> Yep, thats right. Our hotels don't have flashing neon signs. We have planning
> regulations here. :-)
>
> Scott A
>
> >
> > ++Lar
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