England-Scotland and is a little Europe
Part 1. Road there

The trip has taken place in the end of August - the beginning of September of this year on own car. Have begun, naturally, from registration of corresponding visas. Here generally at everyone the individual variants and possibilities so I will stop only on essentially important points.
The first moment: it is necessary to start to do visas to a similar trip with a decent stock on time – walkings on embassies much and here and there something creeps out nezaplanirovanno-unexpected.
To England did the guest. If there is a letter-invitation, with it of any problems. In the morning - dokumentiki under corresponding ambassadorial list, after a visa dinner-. Englishmen – people with the expansive nature also give usually the multivisa at once on half a year.
Further – transit shengen. Here – is worse: the first country of following – Germany, and at it in consular department the ceremony: at first record on terms which even for transit of week on two beforehand, then – delivery of documents etc. Here process occupies about three weeks.
Here again the second important point: transit shengen about five days are supposed, but usually give two. To receive more – it is necessary corresponding substantiations, for example booking of hotels along the line shengenom or something in such spirit. Unfortunately we did not do special substantiations also Germans have put to us stereotypic two days. In this connection we hardly was have not received a problem about what speech will be ahead.
The third important point at a forum was already shined, but I will note once again: if at you shengen transit for journey on territory of Poland it is necessary to receive the transit Polish visa. It very simply also becomes for half-day: in the morning dokumentiki, after a dinner – visas.
We have besides issued also the Czech transit. Have decided to call in for day to Prague, to wander in familiar places, and from Czechia the way on the Schengen zone to La Manche turns out more shortly. On labour input Czech transit it is not more difficult Polish, only to wait is necessary for about a week.
Beforehand, from Kiev, we have arranged one more important point: crossing of La Manche.
Using the Internet have found out what most cheaply to float the ferry of company SpeedFerries from the French port Boulogne. Cost of tickets there depends on time of day and day of week, and in addition the before them reserve, the it is necessary to pay less. We even before visit to English embassy have picked up to ourselves a variant of morning flight there and evening in five days back, all for 74 Euros (including transportation of the standard car and to 5 adults). The order – through the Internet, payment by a credit card. You enter on a company site your data, and in the same second from your bill money (rings SMS in M-bankinge) are written off and simultaneously on your soap is sent podtverdzhenie, generated the computer of the ferry company in which specifies yours booking number and yours security code.
In the same way, through the Internet, have reserved to itself otelchik class B&B in Boulogne. Recognised that a way to the ferry remote and it is good not especially supervising hours and minutes simply to arrive towards evening to a city, easy to understand on a place with a ceremony of departure, passage of customs, loading, to lodge, spend the night and in the morning already without vanity to set through La Manche.
Other preparation for travel was usual: car check, purchase of products in road, route studying etc.
Went through Ustilug, counting on that, what is it purely automobile terminal on which there are no waggons and where we will lose less time. Before border, as usual, have filled in a full tank, 90 litres which should suffice for a long time, and with feeling of deep satisfaction have set towards Poland. But here we were expected by the first surprise: in spite of the fact that we podgadali to arrive there not to peak time - at night, hour per two, and per not bold day of week since Thursday on Friday, - the decent turn in which we there was found out have lost more than four hours.
Further – journey by the Polish roads. We to ourselves have thought up such route more to drive across Poland and less – then across Czechia to Prague. Well, oblom was to buy a 15-day label on Czech avtobany to drive for half-day to steam of their pieces. Went nespesha provincial roads with general direction Zamosts – Staleva Will – Stashuv – Endzhejuv - Strshelske Opolske – Nysa _ Kudova Zdruj. Across Poland in general it is difficult to go quickly: roads narrow, passings are complicated, therefore journey on the standard routes of type through Rzeszow-Krakow at all faster. Running beforehand, I will tell, that back we came back just standard Krakow by and it very much has not liked us unlike trips earlier. It is A lot of repairs, detours, road break... It is possible to tell, that adaptation to our habitual validity on a return way has begun long before Ukraine. As to the Polish province which we thus have looked at the second day of travel – that it was pleasant to us. Everywhere near houses it is a lot of colours, chistenko, sincerely...
The next day have spent in Prague. Basically wandered on a city.
Very many it is familiar from last year and as though remains without changes: the same red tile roofs of the Prague hailstones, the same Karlov the bridge, and the same on him musicians and crowds of tourists, the same tasty beer, the same gallant sailors-Negroes sell ice-cream and even the same old man-invalid with the trouser-legs rolled up above artificial limbs sits on the same bench in a public garden near the Malostransky area.
And at the same time almost continually you open for yourself all new and new Prague. Opening turn out small and big. Such job of scandalous sculptor David Cherny in the street Gusovoj has this time appeared the greatest opening here. In the evening in twilight it is similar on viselnika and say, that police calls are frequent that that has helped the unfortunate. Actually the person hanging on one hand over street at height of several floors is a monument to Freud and it personifies isolation of intelligency from the people.

Another opening has appeared presence of an abundance of Rolls-Royces in a city. Enthusiasts have arranged parade of expensive retromobiles in the centre and it was found out, that them so many that they can quite paralyse movement. Here Royces near the Staromestsky town hall.

Next morning next day have set on Е48 through Karlovy Vary towards the German border. The general idea was to cross it approximately 48 hours prior to the future departure of the ferry and thus to satisfy a condition of the Schengen transit visa given out to us. With space/time calculations all has turned out remarkably, the turn at customs was not any and we bodrenko have submitted passports to a window. The is phlegmatic-good-natured German the frontier guard it is lazy so listanul pages, has found a suitable place, shlepnul there stamps and has wished a good way. And all... No entering in computers, scannings of passports and proch what we faced on borders with were sotslagerskimi the countries much, existed. Well any red tape and bureaucracy!
And here we start to think, that that have not counted us it is not too good. And how to count two days on transit? It turns out, that only on two next dates – made just and that which will put down in front of the ferry. And the ferry that at us not tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. And will excite nobody, that is real we on transit we will spend less than two days if to consider pure time: on formal marks we will appear infringers. Leaves, that with our calculations and podgadyvaniem the beginnings of 48 hours we peremudrili. The life has appeared easier...nu that here it was necessary to do, the made mark any more you will not forward. We decide to go to the ferry and there to understand on a place, convincing themselves, that actually – a situation is clear-banal and the miscalculation basically humanly pardonable...
Here after such introduction also have driven on German avtobanam. Even planning travel, we were going to this day as fast as possible to reach Luxembourg, there already to attach the car on parking and everything to wander-look, that we will be in time to a sunset. Therefore across Germany only went and saw only that it is possible to see from road. Very beautiful landscapes at the very beginning of a way – in natural park Fihtelberg, the frequent well equipped pockets-parking lengthways avtobanov and powerful raznesenie strips on avtobanah, including a green zone so passers even almost and it is not visible unless only tops of waggons were remembered. That cars on roads generally fresh, all sekond-hend safely is got rid for a long time already for borders Faterljanda Was evident also... For example, Mercedeses in 124 body have met very little, in 123rd for a day – in general only one. That despite avtobannost is expensive often enough was remembered still there are restrictions of speed. As a result though tried to go quickly, for 728 km have spent 6,5 hours (including time on perekus).
On an entrance to Luxembourg the control bulb of a reserve of fuel has lighted up. It was necessary to reduce rate a little. Here it is necessary to tell, that I have hammered to myself into the head to reach from Ukraine to Luxembourg without refuelling. There the cheapest in Europe fuel, the prices of percent on 10 more low, than in the surrounding countries also wanted not to pay, as they say, more. And here we have already held on, we go on territory of this dwarfish state, here already and capital suburbs, and refuellings for some reason do not meet. But in an abundance there are the tunnels, some long, to 1,5 km. But seriously to worry enough on a subject what to do if fuel ends earlier, than next such tunnel, were not in time: here it the desired index and we drive on the present minifactory on zalivaniju petrol tanks! Because of a difference in the prices trade in fuel in Great Duchy really prospers and is organised with industrial scope: tens lines separately for different grades of transport: automobile, buses, waggons... And on departure – barriers, barriers with boxes where operators sit. Have measured also results экспeримента: into a tank has entered to otsechki 82,22 litres is on 1561 km, the average expense of km of 5,27 l/100.
Further have gone to search for city centre, being guided common sense, street tablets and kinds from a window. After the beautiful stone bridge-viaduct through the deep valley filled with any vegetation, the mysterious buildings similar to locks and inspiring respect by stone ladders, conducting upward, have left to a beautiful granite obelisk with the gold girl holding in hands a laurel wreath. Directly near an obelisk have seen parking where have parked.
And here we were waited at once by two gratefulness. The first – we appears have parked during free time, and the second – there and then on parking information boards with a map of the city and any tourist information were found out some.
It is found out, that we have arrived directly on the Constitution area - a place, whence and it is accepted to begin excursions, and the obelisk is the monument of the Victory named still to Gella Fra ("the Gold lady"). At monument bottom – two sad figures symbolising ljuksemburzhtsev, taking part in the First World War. Directly from the area tremendous kinds on a city in which Gothic style of houses - narrow towers and spikes is evident open. Bewitches the beauty the arch bridge Adolf and here a photo of this magnificence. By the form it pulls a minimum of Roman times though actually, if to believe written on an antiquity, it is all 1903.

Near the Constitution area still it is possible to see the Jesuit cathedral I Notr-will give to the St. Mother of god, constructed in 1613 in Gothic style. Three towers of a cathedral serve as a city symbol. Here nearby - a building of the former Jesuit college, nowadays - National library. Unfortunately neither in a cathedral, nor in other interesting places to get any more it is not possible – time for visitings already later.
Therefore were limited to survey pedestrian excursion on a city. Having risen in its top part and moving on fun sounds, have come across the Amusement park of the grandiose sizes and with great variety of various attractions, many of which we and did not see. And such impression, that all city was going to here to indulge in joys. Adults – on any hills, wheels, centrifuges, pendulums with rotation in all planes, children on various roundabouts.

The horsies who have saved at least since a century before last, and skipping have especially touched razzolochennye, as well as it is a lot of years back, on a circle under sounds vmotirovannoj in them of a mechanical street organ with the melodies which have been written down on the big cardboard punched tapes, deliberately and slowly turned on a kind at public.

Having taken a walk among the idle people in which the essential part obviously represented non-Europeans (it us there to live do not start up...), among uncountable tents with sweets, toys, souvenirs and having driven on horsies, have gone back. Has already started to get dark, but having returned to the car, we have not resisted desire to be late in a city still. Have passed through Adolf's bridge – have looked more close very beautiful building of the State savings bank (a building with hours on a tower – at a photo) and have taken a walk on small streets Privokzalnogo of quarter.
Left a city when it became absolutely dark. Last vzgjad on a cathedral I Notr-will give.

Again we leave without a map, counting, that owing to diminutiveness of all Great Duchy (348 tys foreheads), 5-10 minutes in the necessary direction will deduce us on avtoban. But not here that was. Small streets turned us and turned on intricate labyrinths not setting free. First we swore, that we have no navigating system and are compelled to fornicate as blind kittens in this web of country houses, have then reconciled, simply moving on tranquility ljuksemburzhskogo lives by our car, then the city taki has released us.
Having left, we almost have come across at once refuelling "minifactory" with all complex of road conveniences and there and have stayed the night.
Next morning our grey Mercedes was waited already by the same grey sky, and on horizon unfriendly clouds have prepared for overhead irrigation of all and all. To eat a breakfast to us they still have allowed, but as soon as we have driven some kilometres as there has come great washing. We have replaced one country with other (Belgium), another to the third (France) – all was useless.
So under a rain also have driven in the next purpose of our travel - small town Sharlevil-Meze. There to our arrival have blocked movement

And, despite a rain, have built two guards of honour:
- From veterans the second world

- And from gallant young fighters (poor soldiers, they had to get wet fairly...)

The small town is well-known for that is the world centre of carrying out of festivals of dolls-puppets, and for dolls at least car half-crew feeds practically professional interest. podgadat combination of our visiting with festival did not turn out in any way and we accepted it beforehand. Therefore have simply looked at soldier's honours, have wandered on streets, little shops, have bought some dolls for memory. All this time the rain continued to go, but it at all did not stir and all the same it would be desirable to go and look – in the doll world we have got to very cult place. It was visible, that the city lives the status and tries to support it in every possible way. Here look, for example, at the images of dolls-puppets executed from colours and plants directly on a city bed.

While have properly seen enough, have found out, as have got wet already too properly. It has pushed taki us in the car, has forced to change there something from clothes and vytolkalo to search drier places in a broad sense this word. While left a city, have noticed signs of gleams on one of edges of a firmament and in addition these gleams have appeared to us on a way. And through pair hours we already rolled on filled in with the sun zhivopisnejshim to places of the northeast of France. On the right and at the left were spread weeding in conditions of the life cycle different so to say.

Here simply field road.

And here wheaten (in the recent past) a field.

And it is the well-known wind-driven generators

In infrequently meeting small towns have surprised with the singularity signs on restriction of speed - 45 km/hour and dark blue colour of fur-trees on a sign «dangerous turn». Small towns were svezheumytye after a recent rain, with light, spacious streets and the sidewalks filled with cars of the most different calibre, even here such

Rejoicing to the sun and beauty around, it would be desirable to relax and simply to go and go and not to think about what sad. And it was necessary! Have recollected, that to term of our serenity it is measured only till the end of days, and further – in visas discrepancies are possible... By this time we have thought, that the most simple exit is to transfer ferry flight with tomorrow's morning on one of even remaining today's evening. As for port hotel it is paid only bron - 1 Euro, and in this sense we lose nothing. Therefore not spending time for any roadside beauty and temptations, have hastened to Boulogne. To be guided on roads of France it has appeared not so difficult even by means of the primitive autoatlas of Europe. We anywhere have not confused and to six evenings already were on a mooring. In front of the Boulogne have recollected still, that in England fuel much more expensively and have again added a tank to the full.
The office of ferrymen has appeared small paviljonchikom in which five employees have taken places the person. Very lovely children and girls, and our listing-soap booking it was pleasant to them also we – too, and behind ignorance of French by us they and on - anglijski can, and all was remarkable, but here empty seats on two remained flights any more were not. Well, good, - we speak, - see, we have tried and in two days have kept within, give your customs officers we will inform, that here such situeshn has developed: here is today and here there are javochnym rather we, ready though now to move line for which border that next morning superfluous questions it has not turned out.
Took the guy our passports, has gone in next paviljonchik to customs officers. Comes back minutes through five and informs, that and so, your transit Schengen visas of all for two days and today come to an end also anybody you tomorrow to England will not start up therefore as at you the quantity of days of stay in shengene is settled and on return road from England it already is not present and in general at you children - the big problems.
As so, - we try to explain to it, - here in the passport on the visa it is written, that entrances two, everyone for two days so on the big problems it does not pull.
And here so, - answers, - and in general it me does not concern, go and understand now with police.
Good, we go to the next carriage. On an input such curly full-faced Frenchman smiling and with might and main happy life already waits. Bonzhur mese, - we speak it, and further – on anglijski as a matter of fact problems. And it does the severe person and official such tone in broken English informs, that say it is territory of France and laws here operate French, and to communicate give in French therefore as in English to it difficultly. Well to do, - we speak to it, - to us in English too it is difficult therefore as we Ukrainians, as from passports it is visible... Here such beginning of conversation. We come on the second circle about the same, but with application of hands and papers: we draw two journeys: there and back, days any there in the form of pieces. No, I do not understand, - speaks, - at you time – the ending, the visa – the ending. In general has carried, as they say: well any from it to sense. Thanks God, minutes through five customs officers have come still. These all have understood and considering a situation have allowed to go to us next morning without any consequences. Only have strictly ordered, that on a return way two days have been sustained without infringements. We it have told with all the heart thanks and have gone again to ferrymen to provide such manual. The ferry that on a way back at us has been reserved for the late evening and it would turn out, that we will cross border shengena for half an hour till midnight and to keep within two days, it is necessary to leave already by the end of next day. So we have reported on ferrymen, that the problem is settled and have transferred return ferry for most earlier morning time, having paid in addition there are some money.

Moralej from this a little.
First, at the Schengen transit it is desirable to receive the maximum term which can be till 5 days. Reserve hotels on road, use other arguments, explain and prove terms at interview. Otherwise - will give stereotypic 2 days which suit unless only journey by trip bus.
Secondly, as terms are considered on calendar marks as much as possible to use time, it is necessary to call in before morning and to leave in the evening.
And, thirdly, Frenchmen taki are very vulnerable about English language. Theoretically this well-known, but in practice not always turns out to bypass it and it is necessary to be to it ready.

I come back to travel.
Having provided itself the morning future, have decided to think of the future evening. Have got from a road folder the Internet listing shemki journey to hotel and have gone it to search. It appeared somewhere on entrance to a city, but from its other party. At the same time have fluently looked a city. By the way, its official name - Boulogne-SJUR-measures. It is the fishing port of France specialising on catching of a herring in the North Sea first on the importance. In the end of November in him the herring Festival is usually held. Fishermen and the cooks dressed in national suits, offer a herring - smoked or zapechenuju on a grill. All is washed down it as usual, with French wines.
The central part of Boulogne consists of the Top city occupying top of a hill; the Bottom city which quarters are at hill bottom, and port territory. The business streets laid through the Bottom city, connect quay of port to the Top city. The top city is visible practically from everywhere. The streets conducting in it, abrupt enough and in process of lifting it is physically felt, how far below there is a port vanity.
The kernel of the Top city is enclosed by fortifications. Length of walls on perimetre about 1,5 km. Along walls there are ancient ramparts. Despite later time, we have come and have wandered on a fortress. The most remarkable in sense of dimensions a construction – majestic a basil I Notr-will give, which unfortunately has been already closed. And the most unusual, that has surprised and was remembered, – the enormous area before a town hall on which it is impossible to be called in/park on the car therefore as it all is entirely forced by tubs with colours.
Having left a fortress, and having driven it is a little more, have found the hotel, round it the whole nest of others, on different money was found out. Our variant, class B&B – one of the most budgetary, a room for two – 40 Euros. The settlement does without intervention obslugi. Near an input there is a terminal similar to a street cash dispense and in him you simply pay the residing by means of a bank card, and in exchange receive the invoice in which including your number and a code for door opening in this number are registered. All doors – outside of a building, access on the ground floor directly from street, and on the second, the third – from the corresponding balconies surrounding a building on perimetre. Near hotel – the big parking. Here a kind of parking with a parking for morning of next day

Next morning we are excused with France and – on the ferry. In port all is already familiar. In a carriage give out a boarding pass with path number from which there will be an arrival. On a way to a path it is passed by a customs window. Frenchmen indifferently look the passport and give back, the tamozhennitsa-Englishwoman gives out small leaves of immigration cards where bystrenko it is filled two-three lines. A short smile: «Welcome!». We pass further on a mooring, we become in the line and we wait for a command on loading. Here a photo from a mooring.

Actually arrival on the ferry passes quickly and organizovanno: on commands immersing spetsa in a waistcoat cars stuff in hold on some decks. Any special fastening: transfer + a manual brake. Public rises upwards, there two passenger salons, similar to waiting rooms, but with windows. In halls some monitors where the picture of navigating system is deduced hang. Before departure have shown cinema how to be rescued in case of what: under seats at everyone life jackets, here so dress them, here so are loaded on life boats etc. And in a way on monitors it is interesting to observe of ferry moving - coast, depths, a movement trajectory, others of a vessel are visible. Still - it is possible to leave on a deck, to breathe sea air/look on the parties. But on a deck especially you will not stand: the ferry goes with decent speed, moreover a head wind, can see that from this turns out.

Time in a way – about one and a half hours. But at arrival in Dover we subtract hour of a zone difference, we receive 10 mornings and ahead - almost full day to reach our "residence" in Glasgow. The unloading from the ferry occurs too accurately and quickly and here we already roll under "world behind the looking-glass" where go on a left-hand side, at departure on a bed with circular movement turn off on the left and switch transfers by the left hand for what take seat in the cars on the right. As from continent at them it is a lot of visitors, for a mass and fast training for a new profession it is direct from congress from a deck everywhere corresponding arrows are drawn and inscriptions on asphalt are written. As for us so the problem in addition was facilitated by that after departure from territory of port we have got at once on avtoban and have driven towards London. And avtoban is a place where there is no danger by inexperience to appear on a strip of counter movement.
avtobany in England free (except for separate special short pieces where for money it is possible a little sekonomit time in rush hours).
We go. We look narrowly. First – behind waggons, i.e. at the left. Hardly poobvyknuv – have pressed down tapku and were displaced in the second row. There are two more. In England all – in miles and yards. Yard – about metre (0,91), mile-1,6 km. High-speed restrictions it is natural – in miles. On avtobannyh tablets - 70. We translate to kilometres – it turns out 112 – negusto... The people easy hold nearby 120. Well and we so. It is not enough passings, the traffic dense. Landscapes on the parties special it is not visible yet: plantings/trees - a standard workplace of the driver. It is a little traffic signs, basically information tablets about forthcoming congresses and turns. Separately inform on extent of a roadside (hard shoulders) near congresses: 400 yards, and #189; miles... Aha, the tablet with distances: to London 60. By sight pleases an eye, but it is necessary to increase on 1,6 and we receive 96 km, far still. It is a lot of cars with kemperami, both in one, and in other party - the people have actively a rest. Is evident, that light of headlights thus do not switch on, though driving with kemperom is like as towage. More close to London have appeared, and there were habitual big electronic boards on which operative road conditions are deduced, for example, queue ahead – ahead a jam further. On the same boards there can be for example an operative restriction of speed. When such mode comes to an end, on the next board hang out the announcement, that the changeable high-speed mode has ended and further it is necessary to go on stationary signs. If any operative news are not present, boards fill with different aphorisms of type «do not drink and drive».
District round London carries special, almost space name, – «London orbital». And this loud name is quite deserved – its extent more than 200 km. Have reached to it without special work. The first road hitch has happened already on district, in front of the tunnel near Thames. The matter is that tunnel journey paid about what in advance warn information tablets. And here on these information tablets we read, that money undertakes in an automatic mode, only cash (cash) and say the request to prepare coins. Well and we simply yet have not got hold of coins, the minimum is 5-funtovaja a denomination. Around the most dense traffic in four numbers and any feeble efforts to the left/to the right behind exchange searches are unreal. Good, we creep with all sausage inside, just in case having prepared both a credit card and a banknote. Aha, here barriers are already visible and is similar, that the duplicate set of hands there flashes. Indeed, in transaction everyone so to say participates both the driver and the cashier. So tablets about automatic machines have appeared inexact, our denomination has been apprehended, and we - have received small change.
After «orbital» we go on М1 towards Birmingham.
Basically journey on avtobanam – business simple. But it is necessary to be guided a little in information construction by them. On English avtobanah in overwhelming majority of cases specify only numbers of roads/congresses. Therefore attempts to orient, looking out on the information tablet the city name where is necessary to you, for example - Glasgow, are doomed to failure unlike our roads where from Kiev you there will be "messages" though to Lvov though to Kharkov. Certainly, cities specify too, but the nearest settlements, a trifle which is little-known and neinformativna more often name only. Thus, it is necessary to understand numbers of roads. All forks, they are called «junction» – also these numbers too are renumbered specified on corresponding tablets. On each fork it is informed beforehand and some times. Same numbers are specified in autoatlases, on maps and laying a route, it is possible to make beforehand to itself a legend on which to go.
Such "pockets" with household conveniences which meet on German avtobanah much, here are not present. Is so-called «Motorway service areas» or simply «service». They meet infrequently, and between them can quite be to 20-40 km. But here – a full complex of services: refuelling, toilets, a minimarket with parking, free on pair hours and paid – over this time, small hotel and actually car-care centre for small repair. The information on the nearest service is resulted on road tablets so it is possible to calculate, so to say, the forces beforehand. Service points are noted and on maps, and is specified, from what party avtobana to it there is a congress. Often such service is available only on one direction, and it is simply inaccessible to a counter stream (there are no congresses and turns).
First time after «orbital» a stream in four strips extremely intensive, after Oxford of cars becomes little bit less. And on the parties landscapes for examining open. It appears, in England, unlike Europe, lengthways avtobanov practically there are no the boards which are fencing off avtobany from world around. In it is both the delights and the lacks: at a strong lateral wind, and it in these edges not the rarity, is considerably felt, how the car drags from road. Also it is heavy and prizemlistyj a Mercedes and that drivers of cars with big parusnostju feel or the same kemperovody – it is necessary to guess only. Have not kept itself waiting long and whims of English weather: through the sun has flown a rain which through ten was replaced minutes by the sun and so has gone-has gone till the evening.

Despite diligence to go under numbers, on district near Birmingham we taki zabludili and have left not in that direction. An error have found out miles through 10, but for its correction it was necessary to drive probably 20 more: neither congress, nor a turn it was not simple back more close: you go as in the isolated pipe without any possibility somewhere to curtail. Having returned back, for departure on the necessary direction, have been compelled to call in in a city. Here counter/cross-section cars already have gone. But if to be collected, to go it is possible, though first the left movement strains. Some times stopped, asked again road. As a result on all have lost hour three. At once very much it wanted to have GPS - the navigator.
Having got out on avtoban have understood, that already anywhere zabludim. It has appeared not simply number М6, and with own name «The North West», almost Their Royal Highness. It "conducted" on each tablet and already It has led also us on the northwest, to Scotland. The distance remains still decent, therefore have sent on errands faster, using for a long time the reception mastered in the homeland visenija on a tail at courageous drivers. But on courageous fellow travellers to us something carried a little. And the great bulk in England goes nebystro, well - to 130 km/hour, probably, are brought strong up by police. So Glasgow came nearer in moderate rate. To eight evenings began to darken. And here it was found out, that, svetootrazhateli along road are put on everything, except the right chipper. And on the right just it is necessary to make passings. Uncomfortable this business if the roadside supplied fat zhelezjakoj is badly supervised. But on our happiness the sky was suddenly cleared of clouds and at once has brightened around as widths in the Scottish edges northern and the decline lasts very long. And on an entrance to Glasgow the marking has improved, lanterns then have gone are lengthways expensive, and is direct on avtobanu we have called in practically in the centre further. At us the legend has been in advance prepared how to find the necessary street and the house, and it has been realised from the first attempt. Were surprised and delighted, and after a portion ohov, ahov the meeting party with feeling of deep satisfaction were filled up to sleep, having left the car in the street near to the house.
Here lyrical digression about features of a parking in England is pertinent.
It is known, that parkings happen long-term - for to spend the night/store the car and short-term - for to leave the car while solve affairs.
Concerning the first it is possible to tell, that how much us informed and how much we saw, garages at the people practically do not happen. To have garage – it is expensive enough and hlopotno: expensive earth which is more rational for using under premises is a lot of kaniteli with reception of certificates on the construction/reorganization. Even in the areas which have been built up with country houses in suburbs of London, the car pretty often spend the night in the street. And in "usual" city areas with three/four-storeyed houses which dominate in cities like Glasgow, other variants, except street, practically do not happen. Considering that cars are at many, towards evening to find free pjatachok rather uneasy. To us has for the first time carried – simply just someone has left. The people park everywhere where the parking is not forbidden, and in sleeping areas it practically all streets and side streets. Both all these small streets and side streets for the night are chock hammered as a herring, the cars standing on either side of so, that for journey there is only one number and at travelling happens it is necessary to come back half-quarter by a backing to pass the passer. For a designation of places where the parking is forbidden, the yellow lines put along an edge of roads serve. Double yellow lines mean, that the parking is forbidden in general and for ever. The unary line means, that the parking is impossible within day. The special notice will notify on, when a parking will be resolved (for example, in evening and night hours). I will notice still, that the continuous red line means, that not only the parking, but also a stop is forbidden.
Parkings for to leave the car that poreshat affairs, usually happen in business and tourist quarters. It - either underground parkings, or the paid parking supplied parkovochnymi with automatic machines.
Both that and another – basically same, as well as everywhere.
Paid parkings – with parkovochnymi automatic machines, on which it is written how to use and what tariff. Throw coins, receive the receipt which needs to be put under a windshield so that it was easily possible to see it. Time to which the parking is paid is underlined receipts. The parking without the receipt threatens with the penalty, usually – 100 pounds, and other troubles, evakuatorom, for example. Paid parkings are convenient that they always near at hand. On the other hand, tariffs for them above, than in parkings also it is necessary to supervise accurately time not to delay the receipt. Sometimes we had to come back specially repeatedly to the car to pay in addition and enclose the new receipt. The control is carried out by special municipal inspectors. We repeatedly met such to ourselves peace aunts in the green waistcoats, which basic care – zagljadyvanie for a windshield of the parked cars and vypisyvanie receipts on the penalty. The penalty it is necessary to pay during the nearest couples of days on the requisites specified in the receipt, differently – proceeding prospect. To hope that, I - "russo turisto - will fall down tomorrow a pier and pofig their penalties" it is possible, but provided that you any more do not wish to go to the EU countries. For, on the expiration of certain term, the penalty is passed in specialised office which is engaged vybivaniem debts from debtors.
Underground parkings meet much less often. Road to them usually specify by means of information tablets. If there are empty seats, call in, at entrance before a barrier receive the check on which arrival time is marked, put the car and can walk how much want. On returning put the check in the automatic machine, it calculates the sum upon and accepts money (both coins, and banknotes), giving out delivery and printing the second check - for an exit barrier. The tariff in an underground parking of time in two-three is less. For example, in one of days we at first have paid 4 pounds in hour and forty minutes on a usual parking, and then, having decided to remain longer, have tired out the car in an underground parking and there for 7 hours have paid 8,4 pounds more.

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