If there is any chance that you might want to drink - then ensure that the hire car is on a two person driving lease, and the other person aware of your intention and prepared to abstain, as if you do have an accident or are stopped due to the police becoming suspicious, and are found to be over the drink/drive limit, then that will really spoil your holiday.

Fuel prices are high again - 1.16 pence per litre and another penny to be added in April. A litre is 35 fluid ounces, and I think there are approximately 4 to a US gallon.

It would be very useful if you can get a Sat Nav in with the hire, or even bring your own.

I know that the price for a foreign country is possibly rather high - but one person who visited me tried to download the UK when in the UK, at the local price, and the company wouldn't allow it.

I found that having the TomTom device was very useful to me when visiting my former home. Changes in the road system, parking, places to eat, it saved me time everywhere we went. We have a postcode system of letters and numbers which the Sat Nav should understand and get you very close to where you want to be. In a strange city not having to read and understand the signs but be guided straight to a car park close to where I needed to be made the whole trip much less fraught. I used it for both driving and walking - made finding the way back to the car possible.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: