Where I go · Wincanton
Wincanton to Bristol Airport
Sixteen miles from my door but thirty-five from the airport, which is exactly the shape of journey the Bristol firms price badly: they charge you for the drive out to fetch you. I am already here.
- Time on the road
- About 65 minutes
- Distance
- 35 miles
- The way I go
- North west across the top of Somerset. An hour and five minutes with empty roads, and the roads out of Wincanton are empty at four.
- Price
- Usually around £100
Your price from Wincanton
Your postcode and when you need collecting, and the price is on the screen straight away - the exact figure for your part of Wincanton, not a range. Nothing is booked until you say so.
What time will I pick you up?
Work back from the flight. Bristol asks you to be there two hours before a European departure, three for long haul, and the run from Wincanton takes about 65 minutes with empty roads - which is what you get at four in the morning. For a 06:15 departure that means leaving your door at around 02:50.
The box above wants the time you want collecting, not the time you fly. If you would rather work back from the flight, send me the flight and I'll work the pickup out for you - I do it every week.
The villages round Wincanton as well
Penselwood · Cucklington · Holton · Yarlington · Templecombe · Henstridge · Horsington · Abbas Combe.
Each of these has its own price rather than Wincanton's - some are a mile or two nearer the airport, some further out. Put the postcode in and you'll get the figure for yours.