A road trip to Wales is better than ever! Let me explain why…
The introduction of new speed limits in Wales has caused a backlash with many unhappy about the changes. I totally appreciate and understand both sides of the argument and of course there are specific people who do genuinely suffer or benefit from these changes.
I’ve received 100’s of comments from those opposing the changes. Many comments have been completely inappropriate and a lot of them over-the-top, including…
‘TOURISM IN WALES IS DEAD’
‘DON’T BOTHER UNLESS YOU LIKE FUNERALS’
‘LIFE’S TOO SHORT TO GO TO WALES’
Now before I made up my own mind, I wanted to look into these speed limit changes to see if it would actually affect a 7 day long road trip in Wales. I’m coming at this from the point of view of a road trip lover with no political agenda what so ever.
After doing the new route calculations, I found that less than 6% of the entire 7 day trip actually passes through the new 20mph zones meaning that time spent driving increases by 9 minutes. That’s little over 1 minute of extra driving per day.
So if it’s true that ‘tourism in Wales is dead and nobody will visit Wales again’ – surely that means more space at campsites, cheaper hotel rooms, less cars & motorhomes on the road? All of which means that a road trip in Wales is now better than ever!
