Onto the motorway. The M1! Congestion, delays, rain and crashes galore. We struggled through the traffic but the forewarning given to us days ago gave no one a reason to complain.
Quick stop at a motorway rest area for a coffee and the loo before stopping at our only town for the day, Stratford-upon-Avon. The birthplace of William Shakespeare.
A quick group photo and we were off exploring the town. The weather was the exact opposite from yesterday; rain, wind and freezing.
Deciding to get out of the weather we popped into a small cafe for a toasted sandwhich. Fantastic. Braving the conditions we stepped out and I went from shop to shop having a look around. The town is small and there's only one major draw card, Shakespeare. I was looking forward to getting out.
Back to London! The tour came to an end with sad farewells and exchanging of email addresses. The Cosmos tour overall, in my personal opinion was excellent. For the money paid you definitely could not cover the same amount of ground, in the same time with the quality of accommodation we had. I was the youngest person on the bus by about nine years and you can tell that the target market is 40+ years old. But I still found a lot of things interesting. Definitely worth it!
We caught the tube from Hammersmith to Kings Cross, cheap and being 3pm the trains were still quiet. The station to the hotel was about 350 metres. With 150 to go the heavens opened making our bags and our heads ultra wet.
Dried off, we stopped by the local tavern for some brews and enjoyed a share plate of nachos. Wales were playing Cyprus in the Euro 2016 Qualifiers. Wales got up 2-1.
Off to Bolton tomorrow on the train. Only a couple of more days left in the UK now.
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