From: Andy Bonwick on
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:49:36 +0100, Paul Corfield
<aooy65(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

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>It really depends on your tolerance for the interchange distances and
>willingness to lug your bags. To be honest neither Kings Cross or
>Paddington are ideal - there are steps and quite long walks. Farringdon
>is slightly more convenient. It's really up to you to judge whether the
>train overall is a less risky proposition that the motorway network.
>I've no knowledge of how the M1 and M25 fare early evening time.

I'll let you know how I got on when I get home.

In the end I decided that getting to Paddington can't possibly be
worse than driving to Heathrow so the van stays in the drive. I was
tempted by the idea of using the bike but the bottom line on that one
is that if anything happens to it then my NCB goes for a flyer and I
really didn't fancy the idea of getting back to Heathrow and finding
the panniers missing with my kit inside them.