Hello all,
My family is planning its first visit to England for this summer. We plan to fly into Dublin, spend a few days there, and then head to London, where we'll stay for about ten days before going home to the US. I'm getting ready to buy our plane tickets, but I'm debating where else if anywhere we want to go besides Dublin and London.
I've really wanted to see Chatsworth House in Derbyshire (big Mitford Family fan), but can't figure out a way to get there easily without driving (manual transmission + left side driving = it ain't happening). So I was looking at ways to get there from Dublin (ferry and train seemed a possible option) before taking the train down to London, but we'd still have to hire taxis locally around Chatsworth, probably. So maybe that's too much bother (we're a family of five-- probably need a taxi van or two taxis?).
Now I'm considering York for a few days, instead-- fly from Dublin to York, stay a few days, then train to London (much easier!). Or just Dublin, then fly to London, and maybe a day trip to Stonehenge or Cambridge (haven't actually looked into transport to either yet, but have heard they're good day trips from London). Any thoughts/experience with any of this? We traditionally have bad luck with trains (I've never met a train station I haven't cried at... only a small exaggeration), so I'm wondering if I even want to deal with trains on this trip. Thanks!
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