Posted on 09/06/2010 5:03:14 PM PDT by Skooz
I'm toying with the idea of traveling to England after Christmas and staying a couple of weeks. I have always dreamed of driving from London to Glasgow and wonder if anyone has any perspective of doing so that time of year.
THe drive shouldn’t be a big issue as I recall. It will likely e cloudy, maybe a bit of rain or drizzle. If it’s very cold, maybe even snow (we saw some our last day in London) but that would be the only exception to otherwise safe travel....Oh, and be sure to get in on the correct side of the car, and drive on the correct side of the road :-)
I’ve spent christmas there. If you dress warm and in layers you’ll be fine. gets dark early so keep that in mind.
You gonna take the high road?
Lots of British people have been there that time of year.
Used to take the kids to London for Christmas - New Year’s. Never had any “bad” weather, it was always lot like NY in November - a bit wet and cool. One thing though, the daylight hours are very compressed. Oh, there is that wrong side of the road thing too...not easy to drive.
There’s nothing to see between London and Edinburgh. I took the train in hopes of seeing some countryside and was sorely disappointed. Just fly into Glasgow and avoid anything south of Newcastle. You’ll have a much better time if you just stay out of England altogether.
Lived in Suffolk County for 4 years in the miltary in the 90’s
Watch for black ice and frozen fog. Snow shows you things are frozen, these don’t. Can make for a nasty surpise as you’re tooling along.
Beautiful place though
Have you ever driven on the opposite side of the road? It is a challenge and to do it on wet slippery or icy roads over unfamiliar territory.......... I would think real hard before I drove myself.
I have made that drive and it is nice in July but I wasn’t doing the driving.
Rainlots of rain and sleet..
Take your gloshers and a brolly...
Winter in Scotland is dreich. Scot Freepers will know the term.
I love the Lake District! And Northern Wales.
Germany, Austria and norther Italy are more Christmassie then.
The UK is becoming more islamic. It is also becoming more of a hate Jesus place where Christmas is very secular.
Very cold and damp.
I’ve been to London and the Midlands from New Years Eve for a two week trip. One point... it is difficult to pack for this trip...
Was a huge swing in temperatures and climate during the stay. Luckily I had a home base and a place to stash clothing with a clothes dryer.
For example, something I’ll never forget, THe day I went to Stonehenge... started in a Midlands hotel, raining and windy, by the time I reached Stonehenge it was a blamy 65F and clear skies. By the time we got back to London that night it was 37F and raining with heavy gusts. Downright freezing in the concrete jungle during that night’s pub crawl....
Also,,, it costs a good US$1200 to buy a top quality winter rain slicker in London....
“I don’t mind cold drizzle and clouds.”
You will. Another poster said it is dreary. I think that’s too weak a description. It’s more like depressing gloominess that will have you craving strong drink and sharp objects.
Where? You might try to be more specific. Hawaii?
RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge by any chance? i was based there 1990-93.
The Brits and Scots don’t bathe like we do. Inside in cold weather, the aroma can be rather unpleasant from frocks that haven’t been laundered or cleaned in quite some time.
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I spent three weeks in the British Isles during the month of January back in the 70’s once, and I was amazed at how warm it could get from time to time. In fact, I remember being so impressed at how green Ireland was at that time of the year and was told, “That’s because of the Gulf stream.”
They were referring to the Gulf Stream from the Gulf of Mexico, believe it or not. Apparently, it can have a big effect in that neck of the woods at that time of the year.
I remember that the entire time I was in Scotland, I NEVER saw the sun. Not once. On a side note, I’m a pretty well-traveled man, and I have never been ANYWHERE where the people were as warm and kind as they are in Scotland.
Finally, in England, it was rainy and damp the entire time I was there. That, I think, is typical for that time of the year. I might also suggest that you Google “Weather By Month In England (or Scotland)” and read what they have to say about average temps and rainfall amounts.
Then, of course, that WAS in the 70’s when I was there. There was that Global Cooling thing going on back then, if I recall.
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