Tish boom... :P
It was our first adventure out into the countryside, and we noticed that it really was rolling green hills - on the outskirts of London, around Watford, there were actually some nice looking places, and I could understand living there to bring up kids - less crowded, greener, but still close enough to the city to commute in all honesty.
We saw lots of canals, with canalboats, which has rekindled my desire to spend 4 or 5 days in a canalboat over summer or spring, probably next year.
The train was, in honesty, of good quality. comfy seats, although we swapped to forward-facing seats instead of backwards ones. It was a far cry from Countrylink services - they have mobile boosters, so mobiles actually work, wireless on the train (which costs, but oh well) and Train managers who make announcements and tell you what's going on. Total journey took us about 2 hours, at roughly 160 KM an hour. Never really been in something moving that fast, except planes.
I can totally understand why trains are a preferred method of travel - it would have taken us 2 hours either side of a flight if we wanted to fly - and then having to deal with restrictions and all that crap. We also went from straight in the city to the middle of the city.
Total trip cost was £59 for both of us, and while that's only one way, it's a pretty reasonable price for what we got.
Right now - we're sitting outside a Mcdonalds, using someone else's free wireless, and about to head off to get on the Steam Packet ferry over to the Isle of Man, at which point I'll write some more.
Oh - I should note - this was our first Mcdonalds. Double sausage and Egg mcmuffin is an actual menu item. Once you add some bacon, and a hash brown, it starts to look pretty big....
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