One heck of a road trip!
Last evening I sat down with my newly acquired road atlas and figured out exactly where I want to go and how to get there. I’ll be departing London’s King Cross, head due west through London just north of the congestion charging area (no wrongs turns!!), meeting up with the A40/M40 and heading north west towards the Cotswolds. My first scheduled stop will be Chipping Norton. I will get there through some nice back roads from the M40 suggested by a website. I want to spend as little time on the motorways as possible. I will then move onto Hay on Wye which is right on the Welsh boarder. I will spend the night there. I hear there are quite a few things to do around there and it is a very nice town. I’ll be up early in the morning heading back towards the Cotswolds to the town of Cheltenham and then on to Cirencester. After that I will then head back to my starting point.
My plans are very ambitious but I’m going to make the most of have my own set of wheels. I too am nervous about driving but I also don’t think it will be to bad. I spent some of last night studying the driving code and figuring out what some of the signs mean and I think I’m set. It will just be a little dodgey getting out of London at 8 in the morning.
Yesterday my class went on a field trip to South Western London to a Mosque. Islam has become a large aspect of life for some Londoners. We heard about some aspects of Islam while sitting in the Mosque and then were fed by the people there. There was some sort of rice, vegetables, and chicken in some sauce. The food was ok but like most food here, it was a bit bland. Very filling though! Yesterday was the ugliest day that I have seen here in London. It poured all day and of course, en route to the Mosque I stepped in a puddle and had a very, very wet sock. Such as life though!
