CapnBob

WoW, thanks Simply Albert! Great posts. I appreciate it.

Thanks very much for the info. You all are great!!

Good Morning Globaliser and John Bull. A little non transportation help if you please. I'll be staying at the St. Ermins, Westminster area, and we will need a Covid 19 test pre cruise. Is there anywhere near that area that you know of where we could get tested? Free or cheap is obviously the best options. LOL

Globaliser, I appreciate your feedback. I mistakenly read the train schedules. Waterloo, Paddington, really makes no difference. We are in a hotel in Westminster, just a bit from St. James Park station. So I want to train it from LHR to Paddington; I expect, for a 3 day stay. I plan to taxi to/from the hotel. Then train to Southampton central, taxi to the port. I re read the schedule and I go from Waterloo to Southampton. correct? Anyway, thanks for the info on having to load my own bags. would 1st class give me more storage room? Thanks again for saving me a major screw up from LHR to Westminster. cheers

John Bull, Thank you for sharing your knowledge on British transportation. It helped me a huge amount in making our travel decisions for my cruise in October. Your contributions to this forum are invaluable. I read back quite a few pages, but can't find the answer to my question. When travelling by train from Heathrow to Waterloo station: Do we have to stow our bags onboard the train, or do we check them in the station, or train side? We'll each have two large bags and a small carry on. Packing light for a 3 week trip really doesn't work for us. Cheers mate.