<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Swiss Tony:
There is a way around this if you're staying at any of the hotels on the Bath Road (also known as the A4 - the road that's parallel to the Northern Runway at LHR). To reduce congestion, the local scheduled bus services are all free around the immediate airport area. So if you're travelling light, simply walk out of the hotel, across the road to the nearest stop, and get any bus going to the airport. It might take a few minutes longer to get there, but the scheduled busses go every few minutes, rather than ever 15-30 for the Hoppa.</font>
Thanks for your advice. Will try next time.