Ah, always that awesome sport, and charmer that is Faith. The animals seem to love having her around, too! This looks like an awesome place to spend time at, to soak in the sights and the wildlife. I've always held the opinion that northern Britain is the most beautiful place on Earth, but seeing the south, I'm not so sure now. Props on the awesome choice of car, though a part of me expected a 4x4 :-D
I think animals can feel if a person is friendly or not and they all seem to like Faith, especially cats and horses. She doesn't mind because she likes them back.
I'm not sure about England north of London as we didn't go however I think you're right, it's beautiful. I can tell you though, that so is the south. I've been there. It's a very beautiful country all over I think Zack, fairly diverse and interesting no matter where one goes.
I actually hired a smaller car, a Toyota Corolla type vehicle as the B-roads in England can be very narrow, literally only a car-width wide a lot of the time, and that's a two way road. So I wanted a smaller car. When I got to the car company they had this proudly telling me they upgraded me. I could have waited a few hours for a smaller one but we wanted to get on our way. It was a nice car though, plenty of power, had all the buttons and stuff.
It was an Open Insignia, sold under the Vauxhall brand in the UK. When Holden in Australia stopped production they were badges as the Holden Commodore and Calais. Of course GM closed Holden down not long after so there's no more Holden's at all now.
If I was a sedan-buyer this is something that wold be on my list for sure.
I guess my personality is so-so at best, since there have been cats that loved crawling over me, and then there's the bastards that bit my hand. I guess you can't win them all, though perhaps I'd win an Insignia one day. I loved the look of it back when it was first announced, just the simple lines and understated looks.
Nice of the rental company to upgrade you from a Corolla, though those are pretty neat, too. I'm guessing then that you're a Toyota kind of lad, eh? I've never been to Old Blighty before, but based on videos of car reviews that I've seen so far, it does look like the country lanes are pretty tiny there.
When one hires a vehicle it's rare that one can specify. It's more of a Micro, small, medium, suv, people mover, large, prestige sort of choice. I didn't give a shit what car I got, just wanted a smaller one. Oh well, didn't work out, and we were happy with the Insignia anyway. Nice cars.
It's a car that unfortunately I've never gotten to see beyond my screen. I've spotted a few Opels here in Malaysia, not Vauxhalls. Though they're mostly commercial vehicles like vans, and not the sexy stuff like the Insignia. We never get a lot of good stuff here, I guess 🙃