And if so, do you want to try and help me plan out one?
My parents are visiting at the weekend for my daughter’s birthday party. They’re driving up from Wales to London. Because it can take as long to drive from the M25 to where I live in south east London (Brockley) as it does to drive from Wales to the M25, they have decided to drive most of the way, then catch a train. Previously, they have done this from Slough, which requires a roughly 20 min train journey from Slough to Paddington, then a series of Tube journeys to Brockley. I’m convinced there must be a better way, potentially involving Waterloo rather Paddington. Any ideas?
That’s what I think, but I’m trying to work out how to get them there. I thought Windsor was better than Slough but it takes like an hour to get from Windsor to Waterloo.
They’ve tried many times and it can take like two hours from getting off the M4 to getting to my flat, and my dad reckons his car doesn’t do well in low gears for long stretches.
I’ve literally just checked the relative heights above sea level of our homes to be pedantic and it turns out they’re 5 metres higher, so I guess they’re technically driving down to London.
Yeah they usually try the South Circular and always have issues, the M25 makes sense but it’s so prone to fuck ups and tailbacks my dad doesn’t trust it.