Friday, October 9, 2026
Saturday, September 5, 2026 - First place in Malvern Hills (Modern flat nestled in the Malvern Hills Worcestershire)
This was the nicest place I stayed in on the whole trip.
Stayed two nights.
Basically a one bedroom apartment.
It was supposed to be about a 2.5 hour drive from Heathrow but because I kept taking the wrong turn, it took me 3.5 hours.
The first drive with a RHD car, with a manual on unfamiliar roads with unfamiliar road system/rules was pretty nerve racking.
This place was in a hilly area with extremely narrow roads (most two way streets were about 1 car wide). Finding the place in the dark was difficult, especially because Google maps tried to tell me to take a road next to the place that didn't exist!
Finally found it after a couple of circles around the place...
Should have arrived around 9:30 PM, but got there closer to 11.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Saturday, September 5, 2026 - Arrived at Heathrow and picked up the rental car
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| Standing at the rental car bus stop & waiting. It wasn't obvious that this is where you had to stand to wait for the rental car shuttle. Had to ask someone... |
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| The long line of people on the island waiting appeared to be people waiting for a taxi. But not sure... |
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| Used Europcar for the first time. |
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| You have to go to a screen and put in your basic info. Then you get a number & wait for them to call you. |
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| Ford Puma ST. Manual Trans. This would be about the smallest size car in the US, but it felt huge on some of the UK roads. |
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