via jo and rachel ...
1) If you had to move 100 miles or more to the north, east, west, or south, which would you choose, where would you end up, and what's so great about there?
100 miles south - I'd be in the English channel.
100 miles east - Likewise. This is quite a small island. I would have just overshot Canterbury, though, which is rather a nice place.
100 miles north - closest place seems to be Cambridge. Not bad, but too flat for me.
So I think I would opt for 100 miles west, which would put me near Bath.
2) Do you have a favorite stretch of highway or byway for driving, touring, or wandering?
Hmmm. Not all that keen on driving or touring, though I did love driving through the SW US last year. I grew up walking on the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, and that is probably still one of my favourite places.
3) Are you happier to start a trip or return home?
Oh, always to start. I love all the excitement. Getting home always feels like work, and then there's all the post-trip laundry and that flat what-now feeling ...
4) Plane, train, automobile, bicycle, or foot?
Car is my least favourite method of travel. In day-to-day life I try to walk as much as possible - we have got our car usage down to almost nil at the moment! Of the others, I like train travel the best.
5) Do you overplan or under plan your travels? (Assume that "no" is not a valid answer.)
I think we generally manage quite a good balance of spontaneity and planning. Some of the best times we've had have been completely fortuitous and unplanned.
100 miles south - I'd be in the English channel.
100 miles east - Likewise. This is quite a small island. I would have just overshot Canterbury, though, which is rather a nice place.
100 miles north - closest place seems to be Cambridge. Not bad, but too flat for me.
So I think I would opt for 100 miles west, which would put me near Bath.
2) Do you have a favorite stretch of highway or byway for driving, touring, or wandering?
Hmmm. Not all that keen on driving or touring, though I did love driving through the SW US last year. I grew up walking on the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, and that is probably still one of my favourite places.
3) Are you happier to start a trip or return home?
Oh, always to start. I love all the excitement. Getting home always feels like work, and then there's all the post-trip laundry and that flat what-now feeling ...
4) Plane, train, automobile, bicycle, or foot?
Car is my least favourite method of travel. In day-to-day life I try to walk as much as possible - we have got our car usage down to almost nil at the moment! Of the others, I like train travel the best.
5) Do you overplan or under plan your travels? (Assume that "no" is not a valid answer.)
I think we generally manage quite a good balance of spontaneity and planning. Some of the best times we've had have been completely fortuitous and unplanned.