The UK is a preferred destination as language and customs present no problems for Australians. Communication is a major issue when travelling however with the proliferation of new software and translation devices planned travel to remote places is possible.

We found a fantastic rail system in the UK. The rail staff were incredibly helpful, the trains well maintained and the service schedule made for the tourist. Rail was our number one preferred method of travel. We did not prepurchase rail tickets in Australia deciding to buy the ticket in the UK when we arrived. The ticket deals online did not fit into our plan of staying in places for longer than a few days. We went to the Cambridge Railway Station Tourist Office and with the aid of their very helpful staff planned our travel arrangements.  The stress of the process of organising many tickets was completely removed by  the awareness of rail staff.  Seniors concessions and booking as far as possible in advance reduces the cost of rail travel greatly.

The availability of great accommodation in the centre of each location enhanced our ability to tap into many tourist sites quickly.  So many sites are within walking distance of each other. We did make the typical tourist mistake of taking a set tour - "one day" - "three locations" - "value for money". No, no, no, great locations, fantastic history, British icons however it was run, run, run, run and run some more. Be careful, look at the tour you are offered, look at it on a map, review the distances between places, review the sites on one of the photographic map sites online, look at the history of the sites. Too much "value for money" is not a quality tour experience, it ends up being a bus ride experience.

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