Tackling the London Traffic

We decided to tackle the rental car return early- rather than try to navigate through London rush hour traffic on the day of our flight. With multiple maps and verbal directions from Alice and Zach, we started off. We made our first 3 turns successfully, then ended up on the A40 going in the wrong direction. We got off and tried to make our way back onto the A40. We could see the ramp, but couldn't get to it. After much stress, and some directions from a Pak man, we got back on and made it to the M4. We made one last bad turn off the rotary at Heathrow and John decided to back up the ramp to get back to the rotary rather than find ourselves back on a motorway going the wrong direction. We didn't make any new friends, but did mange to get to the National car return.

We took the tube back to Queen's Park – 2 transfers and a horde of holiday makers and teens heading to the big festival in Notting Hill.

It was great to get back to Alice and Zach's – sans car – and relax for the evening.