Quick straw poll needed! Kids are DS1 (4) and DS2 (2) - normally fairly well behaved, but both obviously still have their moments when tired and 2 year old not all that keen on sitting still for lengthy periods.
My mum is quite poorly and I need to go to see her (she's not a death's door, but is feeling very under the weather and awaiting the results of some tests which she's worried about).
She lives at other end of the country so when we go my DH normally drives. He's away this weekend so can't do it this time. I do drive but have only just passed my test, have never driven on a motorway and just don't feel confident enough to do it with just me and the kids. I feel sick just thinking about it.
Just looked up trains and they would take 4.5 hours (about an hour less than the drive), but we would need to go Friday after eldest has finished school, so would involve some rush hour London action as well as three changes.
Am I mad to think of taking one 2 year old in a buggy and one four year old on the train for four hours in rush hour through London with three changes?
Just thinking back to when I was a commuterwondering why the hell someone would bring kids with them on a train in rush hour - that's my bad karma, obviously.