Am travelling to the UK next September for a month what sort of clothes do I need,also I have 3 days in London

Question

And 3 days in Glasgow free to fill in after a 21 day tour to England,Ireland,Scotland and Wales-will be doing a Cosmos tour any hints much appreciated.Are internet cafes easy to find??? also I will need to download digital pictures so can I do this at an internet cafe? or am I better buying another memory stick?
As I need Euros in Ireland are there plenty of EFTPOS machines or am I better getting Euros in London?
Any hints about nice cafes in London or Glasgow for light meals would also be helpful and any other advice you can offer.

Answer 1

I brought several cotton, long sleeve sweaters and a couple of sleeveless cashmere sweaters to the UK in September. I had one fleece jacket and a rain jacket. However, it was much warmer in England than I thought it would be the first couple of weeks. With me walking and lugging my luggage everywhere because I was too cheap to take cabs, I was sweating much of the time. I finally broke down and bought an inexpensive T-shirt in Oxford and got good use out of it.

You're going to take a lot of photos, and internet cafes, while fairly easy to find, are not usually cheap enough to edit and post dozens of photographs. You don't have time for that when you're travelling, anyway. What I've done for my travels is buy a 40 GB hard drive that downloads directly from the memory cards, without a computer.

My Wolverine FlashPac is not that much bigger than one of the bigger iPods. It downloads from 7 different formats of digital camera memory cards (I have personally used 3 kinds of memory cards with it), and is very simple to use. Two buttons: on/off and download! I came back from Britain with about 1500 photos and spent about a week selecting the best, resizing them for the web, and posting them on my blogs.

I've also used the Wolverine not just while traveling, but also when I think I might use up my memory card in a single day. I used up two memory cards at a hula festival a few months ago, but I just downloaded and kept taking photos. I also use the Wolverine as a small, external backup drive. It is currently holding two seasons of Hill Street Blues that I downloaded from iTunes, as well as my Britain photos, and still has several GB free.

The model I have has come down in price to about USD150 since I bought mine in March, but you can spend more money and get more memory. There are other brands that combine a memory card reader with a hard drive, but I can only vouch for the Wolverine from personal experience.

Answer 2

It is a good idea to bring layers of clouthing, rain jacket and umbrella is usful, jeans, t-shitrs, capris (long shorts). The weather changes frequently. It is usually clody and cold in the morning and at night. The day time can get warm. For money it is a good idea to bring a visa card. The malls only accepts the credit cards that have a chip in it. But if you don't have one the atm mashines will accept it. If you bring a credit card, make sure you tell your bank, or else you will keep getting denied when purchasing. It is a good idea to have a 1 GB memory chip for the camera. There are some internet cafes but not very much.

Answer 3

Layered clothing is best. The problem with UK weather is its changeability, so you'll be freezing for 4 minutes, sweating for 12, tousled by storm and icy temps for 2, then pelted by hail while hot, a.s.o. I ususally wear stuff with zippers that can be taken off also in crowded buses and pubs without knocking anybody out, and I try to get lightweight clothing, because u may end up carrying it all over your arm for hours. Have a nice trip, say hello to a pint of Newcastle Brown for me.

Answer 4

its gonna be cold so take plenty of warm clothes with you,internet cafes are easy to find in town & cities,plenty of atms so dont need to carry cash around with (not a good idea any way)
have a good time

Answer 5

September is more likely to be 'summer' weather (not hot and sunny just warmish) but need not be. I usually wear shorts from May to September inclusive. It's bound to rain sometime and it will be cooler and quite likely windier further north.