After docking at Southampton we took an Uber to the train station. then by train to Gatwick airport to pick up the car. When I first looked at cars it was around $1200 for 9 nights, sort of what I was expecting to pay. I then checked Expedia thane price dropped to $459 with free cancellation.Much better. I realised the day before picking up the car that I had booked it too early and that they may not hang on to it. Tried changing with the hire company, but the only way to do that was to cancel and rebook, with the chance of no cars being available. I checked again on Expedia and the price was now $350 with cancellation, but wait a minute, we’re here, we don’t need cancellation protection. The new price $243. I booked it then canceled the old one! When we picked up the car it was a hybrid, to book the hybrid would have cost twice as much. I was very happy with $25 (Canadian) per day!!
We spent a couple of nights with friends, then headed down to Christchurch, on the coast for the reunion. We had great time catching up with people we hadn’t seen for 50 years, it was a huge success! We headed out this morning (Wednesday) to make our way up to Little Slaughter, in the Cotswolds (Jim and Ruth this is the home of Midsommer Murders!!) We took the back roads, the traffic was fine and the scenery was great.
We arrived at the hotel, an old Manor house type building with what appeared to be a number of cottages associated. It turns out our room was one of these cottages with living area downstairs and bedroom up. Quite luxurious, and reflected in the price of meals in the dining room. We’ll try some of the local restaurants while we’re here I think.
Tomorrow we’ll do some more touring, and we’re meeting up with an old school friend of mine for lunch.