Dreary and damp. June is nice.
Do the Scotch Trail.
I went to London, England on December 28th — but it was 26 years ago! I stayed for 10 days with a College group. We didn’t make it up to Scotland, but took a bus or the Tube around London and the region. A great trip I’ll never forget — wish I’d have made more of it.
I think there are several million who stay there every winter....
/johnny
Never been outside London and environs in winter. Been all over Ireland though, Glendalough in County Wicklow is a haunted, beautiful place, especially in winter.
Have you driven on the left much before? It’s not that bad with an automatic outside the cities, but in the cities it’s surprisingly confusing. Throw in a manual trans and it’s a struggle. Some behaviors are just so ingrained it’s hard to overcome them.
If this winter over there was anything like the last one with all that record snow (caused by global warming) would probably suggest a more hospitable place.
I’ve been there in December. I think it would be a wonderful trip, but definitely different than in the spring.
I have driven from London up to Aberdeen in late November. Guess that counts as winter.
I would have loved it in the 60s, but now, I would not go anywhere near England ANYTIME of the year.
That country is a victim of the Peter Principle.
I went to England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland in May. It was colder in Scotland and lightly snowing in the Highlands. I also went to London in August, and it rained the whole 10 days I was there.
A few years, ago we were in London the week before Christmas and it was wonderful. The street in front of Selfridges’s department store was closed to traffic, on the weekend, making shopping a delight. The weather was comfortable.
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.
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.