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Old Mar 16, 2017, 12:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Swiss Tony
I have stayed at the Marriott Forest of Arden a few times before. Nice setting, free parking and has a pool. Downside would be it's almost an hour round to Cadbury World from there.
Is it an hour because of traffic, distance or tiny country roads?

Originally Posted by Swiss Tony
Have you thought about swapping Coventry for Stratford upon Avon? You also need to allow a good few hours at Warwick Castle if you want to do it justice.
The trip is a graduation gift for the offspring. He is a history buff who's been studying WWI and WWII since he learned to read. However he regards anything by Shakespeare as a form of torture, so Coventry is in, Stratford is definitely out. Warwick Castle gets a full day in the schedule.
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