Day 1: Traveled by car, ferry, foot, and Seattle Lite Rail with small roller bags and backpacks. Flew to Heathrow via Iceland. Hire car took us (with our soaked luggage) to our home base in NE London, London where my son and daughter-in-law live with our 4- yr old granddaughter. Family time and a walk to dinner at upscale fusion noodle house. Managed to stay awake until reasonable bedtime. Here's a map of England with our two trip routes highlighted.
The first was from London by train to Oxford, rental car from there to Cotswolds, Ironbridge, Conwy, Chester, Hadrian's Wall, Durham. York, and Cambridge, then train back to London.
The second was from London by transit to Bath with a side trip to Wells.