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skippy41
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1 Depart on Saint Martin's Place (A400)
For 0.21 miles (0.34 km)
Entering congestion charge zone.
Applies Monday to Friday - 7am to 6.00pm
2 Turn left onto Little Newport Street
For 0.04 miles (0.06 km)
congestion charge zone
3 Bear left onto Lisle Street
For 0.12 miles (0.19 km)
congestion charge zone
4 Turn right onto Wadour Street
For 0.06 miles (0.10 km)
congestion charge zone
5 Continue straight ahead onto Wardour Street
For 0.28 miles (0.45 km)
congestion charge zone
6 Turn left onto Noel Street
For 0.08 miles (0.13 km)
congestion charge zone
7 Continue straight ahead onto Great Marlborough Street
For 0.19 miles (0.31 km)
congestion charge zone
8 Turn right onto Regent Street (A4201)
For 0.21 miles (0.34 km)
congestion charge zone
9 Turn left onto Margaret Street
For 0.08 miles (0.13 km)
congestion charge zone
10 Continue straight ahead onto Cavendish Square
For 0.05 miles (0.08 km)
congestion charge zone
11 Continue straight ahead onto Henrietta Place
For 0.08 miles (0.13 km)
congestion charge zone
12 Turn right onto Wimpole Street
For 0.07 miles (0.11 km)
congestion charge zone
13 Turn left onto Wigmore Street (A5204)
For 0.60 miles (0.97 km)
congestion charge zone
14 Continue straight ahead onto Seymour Street (A5204)
For 0.03 miles (0.05 km)
Leaving congestion charge zone.
15 Turn right onto Edgware Road (A5)
For 0.08 miles (0.13 km)
16 Turn left onto Connaught Street
For 0.04 miles (0.06 km)
Entering congestion charge zone.
Applies Monday to Friday - 7am to 6.00pm
17 Continue straight ahead onto Connaught Square
For 0.03 miles (0.05 km)
congestion charge zone
18 Continue straight ahead onto Connaught Street
For 0.16 miles (0.26 km)
congestion charge zone
19 Turn right onto Hydepark Street
For 0.05 miles (0.08 km)
congestion charge zone
20 Turn left onto Hyde Park Crescent
For 0.07 miles (0.11 km)
congestion charge zone
21 Bear right onto Southwick Street
For 0.11 miles (0.18 km)
congestion charge zone
22 Turn left onto Southwick Mews
For 0.03 miles (0.05 km)
congestion charge zone
23 Arrive at your destination

congestion charge zone
2,68 miles duration 11 mins

And you charge 15 sheckles for that GBC :oops: :oops: :shock: :shock: :shock:
dick turpin is still alive and kicking

I'd stay out of this one skippy.
Neither of us (or your tomtom) have a clue what the traffic is like. :wink:


This was not done with tom tom but the London A to Z and its the shortest possible route that can be driven, he could have walked there quicker in 6 Min's
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2.68 miles in 6 minutes, that is some walking.

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2.68 miles in 6 minutes, that is some walking.
Especially with a sh*t load of luggage :lol:

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2.68 miles in 6 minutes, that is some walking.
Especially with a sh*t load of luggage :lol:


its only 1.2 miles walking :wink: :wink:
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Personally I would have gone up Northumberland Avenue then up the Mall. Straight up Constitution Hill to Hyde Park Corner. Along Park Lane to Marble Arch. Take the Edgeware road and turn Left into Sussex Gardens. The hotel is a short way down on the right hand side. The taxi driver went along Bayswater road and entered Sussex Gardens from the west which is easlier further.

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2.68 miles in 6 minutes, that is some walking.


Steady on skippy.
Thats 26.8 MPH. At that speed you would do a marathon in about an hour!

Most fit healthy folk would take about 40 minutes to walk 2.68 miles.

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skippy41 wrote:
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2.68 miles in 6 minutes, that is some walking.
Especially with a sh*t load of luggage :lol:


its only 1.2 miles walking :wink: :wink:
Even so thats easily 20 minutes walk

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gusmac wrote:
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2.68 miles in 6 minutes, that is some walking.
Especially with a sh*t load of luggage :lol:


its only 1.2 miles walking :wink: :wink:
Even so thats easily 20 minutes walk


:shock: :shock: :shock: three taxi driver swear words in one post WALK oops 4 :lol: :lol: :lol:
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skippy41 wrote:
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2.68 miles in 6 minutes, that is some walking.
Especially with a sh*t load of luggage :lol:


its only 1.2 miles walking :wink: :wink:
Even so thats easily 20 minutes walk


:shock: :shock: :shock: three taxi driver swear words in one post WALK oops 4 :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Personally I would have gone up Northumberland Avenue then up the Mall. Straight up Constitution Hill to Hyde Park Corner. Along Park Lane to Marble Arch. Take the Edgeware road and turn Left into Sussex Gardens. The hotel is a short way down on the right hand side. The taxi driver went along Bayswater road and entered Sussex Gardens from the west which is easlier further.


Well book a Minicab next time. :-({|=

How many Hotels are there on Sussex Gardens? 60? 70?

Edgware Road is solid 24/7. Bayswater is always quicker, but thats why I'm a qualified London Cabbie, and your not. :wink:
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1 Depart on Saint Martin's Place (A400)
For 0.21 miles (0.34 km)
Entering congestion charge zone.
Applies Monday to Friday - 7am to 6.00pm
2 Turn left onto Little Newport Street
For 0.04 miles (0.06 km) Blah blah blah ........

Southwick Mews
For 0.03 miles (0.05 km)
congestion charge zone
23 Arrive at your destination

congestion charge zone
2,68 miles duration 11 mins

And you charge 15 sheckles for that GBC :oops: :oops: :shock: :shock: :shock:
dick turpin is still alive and kicking



Really? Stick to Galashiels Skippy. Leave the negotiation of London to those that spend 3 years learning it.


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duration 11 mins


Your having a laugh are'nt you? :roll:
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GBC wrote:
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Personally I would have gone up Northumberland Avenue then up the Mall. Straight up Constitution Hill to Hyde Park Corner. Along Park Lane to Marble Arch. Take the Edgeware road and turn Left into Sussex Gardens. The hotel is a short way down on the right hand side. The taxi driver went along Bayswater road and entered Sussex Gardens from the west which is easlier further.


Well book a Minicab next time. :-({|=

How many Hotels are there on Sussex Gardens? 60? 70?

Edgware Road is solid 24/7. Bayswater is always quicker, but thats why I'm a qualified London Cabbie, and your not. :wink:


I would have thought that one of Londons finest would have known exactly where the hotel was and There wasn't much traffic around at all.
I would think that Londons finest thought I was just another tourist and ripped me off. :wink:

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Why would I want to know anything about downtrodden flea pits on Sussex Gardens? That's where the skinflints stay.

Why would I want to go up Edgware Road and negotiate solid traffic and 7 sets of ATS, when theres only one going via Bayswater Road?

I'd stick to Limo's, as it's clear you know feck all about negotiating the streets of London, or the London Taxi trade.

I'd further recommend you use a Minicab next time your in London, they'll be right up your street, thats why we have them, to satisfy both ends of the customer market . :lol:
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I can choose between 3 low cost airlines flying from


You like a bit of cheap? If you were one of Britains best trained Taxi drivers, working in Britains bussiest Taxi trade, you could book the better Hotels in Central London, and the bigger better Airlines. :D
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GBC wrote:
Why would I want to know anything about downtrodden flea pits on Sussex Gardens? That's where the skinflints stay.

Why would I want to go up Edgware Road and negotiate solid traffic and 7 sets of ATS, when theres only one going via Bayswater Road?

I'd stick to Limo's, as it's clear you know feck all about negotiating the streets of London, or the London Taxi trade.
I'd further recommend you use a Minicab next time your in London, they'll be right up your street, thats why we have them, to satisfy both ends of the customer market . :lol:


You mean go the long way round and rip passengers off. :D

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