was in LA a few years ago and was told by the hotel receptionist that if I was planning to stay for more than a couple of days I should think about hiring a car.

On the LA walk I described above, the company insisted I should have a rental car. Unfortunately "the boss" decided to go along at the last minute and around 09:00 that morning he demanded the keys to my car so he could "go buy a toothbrush" and I got back to the hotel after hiking almost 50 miles before he did.

(It was the kind of stuff you expected when you travelled with him. I'd done it before so it was no surprise.)

John