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Weird UK questions:

1. Free or low-cost Wi-Fi in Cardiff. I have my own laptop, but I need to know where I can pick up a signal and loiter for hours. I'll buy as much damn coffee as I need to.

2. For that matter, free or low-cost Wi-Fi in London. Same as above, particularly near the British Museum, Canary Wharf, Brick Lane. God, that says so much about me it hurts.

3. Is there some roaming hotspot thing where I can buy remote access for like a set period of time and be connected wherever? I'm explaining this badly, but they had it in Switzerland and it was cool.

4. Day trips from London for non-drivers. Especially ones that make sense on Saturday or Sunday. Are France or Ireland actually viable options? What about Stonehenge? Help, help.

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[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

Hi - here via wcg. Quite a lot of coffee shops have free wifi hotspots - try Pret a Manger or Starbucks. Also, in the City of London (i.e. the business district known as the Square Mile), there is a free public network, but the signal is variable. Several of the phone providers have roaming wifi; the largest is probably BT Openzone (http://www.btopenzone.com/index.jsp). I don't think I know anyone who uses these regularly, though, so I don't know much about them.

You've already got some good advice about day trips. My recommendations would include Cambridge, Wiltshire (for both Stonehenge and Avebury, which you can easily do in the same day - Avebury is by far my favourite of the two, as you can walk right up to the stones and even touch them, so the experience is far more immediate), and Paris via Eurostar (but you need to book well in advance to get tickets at a decent price).