Top 10 Tips for UK Visitors

I thought about this and decided a Top 10 list was in order! So, here are my top tips for a UK trip that really makes the most of your time.

• Don’t spend all your time in London. It’s good city to visit, but York and Edinburgh are even better.
• When you are in London, avoid the tube as much as possible. It’s crowded and you never see the real city. When you walk you find places the guide books don’t mention.
• The centre of London is an incredibly expensive place but nearly all the museums are free so explore them to your heart’s content.
• The parks in London are the jewels of the city. Spend as much time as you can in them.
• Within two hours of London are marvellous buildings, green hills and sandy beaches. Head for the train station and go to Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire or Oxfordshire. The air is different out there.
• Food is expensive so try to eat only one meal a day out.
• Don’t spend your time following all the other tourists. Look for side streets and explore those, but only in the daytime!
• If you hire a car try to get on the road early because our traffic is awful!
• If you know someone in a city you are visiting employ them as your tour guide. If you don’t join a walking tour not a bus tour.
• Make sure you put your money and your phone in your front pocket as the pickpockets find it almost impossible to get at them.

Safe travels!