[ckissick]

I lived in London for a year and a half. It rained almost every day, but you get used to it. The countryside is very beautiful.

There are more cities and industrial areas than you might think. It's much more densely populated than California. Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) has 60 million people in an area of 85,000 square miles. California has 37 million people in an area of 164,000 square miles. Having said that, there's plenty of countryside to explore.

The reason for the twisty roads is the mish-mash of ancient farm properties, created long before cars.