In article , Barry Salter wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:03:06 +0100, "Ian F."
wrote:

...like tomorrow morning early, I rack my brain to work out the best way to
get there by public transport from Balham. What do you reckon is the
best/fastest/least schlepping-your-case-around route? Every time I chose one
way, I wish I'd gone another!

The TfL Journey Planner suggests several routes:
[snip]
6) Southern Railway to Clapham Junction
South West Trains to Isleworth
Bus 237 to Hounslow Bus Station
Walk to Hounslow East
Piccadilly Line to Heathrow

That's a rather silly one. If you go to Clapham Junction it's much
smarter to take SWT to Feltham and a bus (285 or 726) from there.

In fact I'm with Annabel - that's probably the best PT route overall.
Okay, making your way through Clapham Junction with luggage is probably
not that much fun, but I don't know of any route where it'd be much
easier.

You might also be able to make your way to a 726 stop closer to you, or
take Southern to East Croydon and catch the 726 from there.

Going via Paddington and HEx would probably be considerably more
painful, not to mention expensive.

Niklas
--
"Don't do it. When you've finished not doing it, don't do it again."
-- Ian G Batten, on driving to Birmingham New Street station
to pick somebody up