Driving in London - advice please

Pay London congestion charge (if appropriate) then when you get inside the M25 close eyes and drive like a bat out of hell

That reminds me of a car salesman in the mid 70s I wanted wing mirrors (an extra!) and he asked me why?  I said to help me get round Hyde Park Corner he said he just closed his eyes and drove!  

So will a charge be appropriate if I avoid rush hours?

It will Pippah. Depends on your motor vehicle. This is London, Boris rules, expect to have every single penny they can extracted out of you. I would go onto website and read things carefully. There are lots of tales of people inadvertently copping for huge fines for straying without their knowledge into congestion zones.

You can pay the charge up to 90 days before you travel or up to midnoght on the day of travel , if you look at LCC website it gives all the info you need , you can set up an account if you plan on going regularly (probebly not) on pay a one off fee £11.50 i think £10.50 on account , but becareful of non offical web paying pages

Well mission accomplished now I suppose I have to sit back and wait for the fines!  My son promised to check but he was so full of flu when I left I wonder if he did!  Thank you for the replies.

Flue or man flue as the latter is much worse

Just checked the map and think I missed it by a whisker the only sign I saw was a Low Emmissions one.  I doubt I could have strayed into the other zone without noticing but you never know.

Well one of the other people in the house a female had a temp of 104 yesterday!  I am steering well clear!  And there is also the babe just out of hospital too.  That's where the adults caught it.

Well done Pippah, I don't venture up there with the car these days and I live in Richmond upon Thames borough,lol.

Thanks Pat it wasn't so far from Slough to Ebury Bridge Road and I didn't have to park!  There was quite a large MH stuck in the queues westbound on the embankment I didn't envy them!