| Travel in the U.K. is a lot better nowadays and a | | | | Road travel has also improved, a lot of the |
| lot cheaper. | | | | motorways are now four lanes instead of two, |
| Air travel has risen in the U.K with low cost | | | | there are now more motorway service stations, |
| airlines, it has reached the price range of | | | | where you can stop and get a meal and drink, as |
| everybody, so people now travel all over the | | | | well as fuel, and public conveniences. The fact |
| world, rather than just holidaying in the U.K. There | | | | there are many more cars on the roads than in |
| used to be two main airports Heathrow and | | | | previous years, still causes major travel upheaval, |
| Gatwick, now there are airports all over the | | | | with traffic jams in all directions, especially at |
| country, you don't have to travel far to find one. | | | | weekends in the summer, when you have people |
| You can park your car securely at the airport, | | | | going out for the day, and Bank Holidays, if the |
| and pick it up when you return, it averages about | | | | weather is nice. Also roadwork's used to be a |
| $45 a week, depending on the airport charges. | | | | major contributor to traffic jams, especially during |
| Rail travel has vastly improved over the years, | | | | the holiday season, they now tend to stop |
| more so since privatisation. You can get from | | | | roadworks for Bank Holidays and in the summer, |
| London to Edinburgh in about four hours, whereas | | | | mainly doing repair work through the night. |
| before it used to be twelve, as you slept on the | | | | Whereas before you could spend hours even |
| train. You can now book your seat in advance, | | | | days getting across the country, most distant |
| and the G.N.E.R. (Great North Eastern Railway), | | | | places are now reachable within 5-6 hours. |
| now has Internet access in its first class carriages, | | | | Coach travel is also becoming popular in the U.K. |
| along with free tea and coffee. A lot of work has | | | | especially for weekends away, maybe to London |
| been done on the lines to make them safer, | | | | to see a show, or The Eden Project in Cornwall, |
| following a spate of accidents due to poor | | | | it's reasonably priced and includes accommodation, |
| maintenance. There is also the London | | | | entrance fees and return travel, which is less |
| Underground, with its warren of 13 lines; it's very | | | | hassle than taking the car and trying to find |
| confusing when you look at a diagram of it. | | | | somewhere to park, and paying dearly for it. |