A disrupted reunion

[andye]

All my own fault of course.

So now have a major logistical dilemma.

I need to get to the reunion (and I'd planned to be there by this time)

Most of the central London hire places are either closed or scary expensive (and Id still need to drop off prior to my departure on the Monday)

Paddington to Oxford is an easy train journey but I had planned to visit a really good friend in Sussex on the Sunday (and Oxford to Crawley is over 4 hours by train)

After sitting scrolling the phone (a bit tired and a bit hungover) outside Paddington station for over half an hour, I order a one-way from Green Motion LHR to Gatwick

Get on the Elizabeth Line again, amd catch an Uber from Hayes & Harlington

I've used Green Motion from LHR several times. Its a bit of a hike from the airport (in the grounds of Holiday Inn which now seems to be an asylum hotel) but they are significantly cheaper than the big chains. Haven't ever been ripped off by them either which is more than can be said for some of the others.

Its a Ford Puma not a Merc but it makes the scenic journey to Oxford well enough

 

[andye]

After a satnav stuff-up sends me to a dead end (made the mistake of entering the postcode rather than the address) I finally make it to the hotel

The Voco Oxford Thames is a good venue (not sure why Oxford as the Med School is in Paddington-presumably better value) Part of IHG and received Platinum benefits despite being on the organiser's discounted rate

(Stock photo above)