how long did it take to travel from london to edinburgh by horse
45 1⁄2 hours
title: Elizabethan Express text: for a teatime arrival. It ran only during the summer months, including in 1953 and 1954. It was able to make the journey from London to Edinburgh non-stop by using LNER Class A4 steam locomotives equipped with a corridor tender, enabling a change of crew en route. It also required drivers to take up as much water as possible at the troughs, since the journey called for over of water. The journey time of 6 hours 30 minutes gave an end-to-end average speed of just over , regarded as a creditable achievement given the poor state of British Railways infrastructure title: Glass coach text: the service (as happened with Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh in 1947). Since 2012, it has been used to convey The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to and from Horse Guards Parade for Trooping the Colour. The Glass Coach is driven by a coachman and may be pulled by either two or four horses. When not in use it is maintained (and often on public display) at the Royal Mews in London. More broadly, the term 'glass coach' may be used to describe any coach which is predominantly glazed rather than enclosed. Glass coach The Glass coach title: History of the horse in Britain text: horse-drawn coaches, known as 'Flying Coaches', began in 1669. Travelling between London and Oxford by coach had involved an overnight stay at Beaconsfield, but Oxford University organised a project to allow completion of the journey between sunrise and sunset. The project succeeded, and was quickly copied by Cambridge University; by the end of Charles II's reign, in 1685, Flying Coaches ran three times a week from London to all major towns, in good conditions covering a distance of around fifty miles in a day. The Thoroughbred horse was developed from about this time, with native mares being crossbred to Arab, title: London–Edinburgh–London text: 11,128m of climbing. The ride started and ended at Davenant Foundation School in Loughton. The control points/accommodation stops were at: All other controls were used in both directions. 810 riders finished the event in 2017. London–Edinburgh–London London–Edinburgh–London "(LEL)" is a randonnée bicycle event of approximately over an out-and-back course between the capital cities of London (England) and Edinburgh (Scotland). It has been described as a contender for hardest cycling event in the United Kingdom. The event has been held every four years since 1989, with the eighth event in 2017. LEL is the flagship event of Audax UK. It is title: London–Edinburgh–London text: the northern outskirts of London, or from Thorne, close to the original Doncaster start. 31 nations took part in the 2009 ride, which started and ended at Cheshunt. The 2013 edition was held between 28 July and 2 August and 34 nations took part. In a departure from previous editions, the route took a loop through Scotland, and for the first time passed over the Humber Bridge. 805 riders finished the event in 2013. The 2017 edition took place between 30 July and 4 August 2017, attracting 1500 entrants from 55 nations. The 2017 route was 1441km long and had