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[quote=Anonymous]I would definitely recommend driving if you are planning on spending any significant time outside of the big cities.  It gives you so much more flexibility than the train.  If you are a reasonably confident driver, you will adapt to driving on the "wrong" side quite quickly.  It's really not that hard.  Just be especially vigilant for the first few minutes of every car journey, when you are more likely to make a mistake, and ask the other adult, non-driver, to pay attention to your position on the road.  Have your oldest kids monitor this also, they will love the responsibility!

In the past, we have almost always had manual transmission rental cars, but on our last trip to the UK (2014) we had an automatic.  It was a Volvo far more technologically advanced than the cars you see in the US. One word of warning on rental cars in the UK, however.  This might just be bad luck on our part, but the last two times we have rented cars in England (at Heathrow), we have ended up with significant charges for what we viewed as very minor wear and tear around the wheel and tire area.  The kinds of things that we have never had a problem with when renting cars in the US.  We succeeded in getting one of the rental companies (both big, reputable companies) to remove the charges, but not the other.  But be warned, they will inspect the cars very closely when you return them.

My son (4 at the time) still talks about two of the playgrounds we visisted in London.  The Princess Diana Memorial Playground in Kensington Palace Gardens, and the playground near the base of the London Eye (he spotted it from above when on the London Eye) on the South Bank.

We also loved Pembroke Castle in Wales.  Definitely one of the best ruined castles you can visist in the UK.  They have a marvelous (and free!) knight school most days for kids.  It was fantastic.

My 4 year old picky eater loved pub food, Wagamama, and the multitude of fresh sandwich places all over London (prefect for picnics in the parks).  And English ice cream and lollies (popsicles).  [/quote]

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