I know that the UK works in ‘miles’ rather than ‘kilometers’, but for my purposes at this stage, I am more comfortable with planning in kilometers.
In planning our tour, we have attempted to keep the daily travel distance within about 250km per day, with the exception of our trip from Scotland down to London (760km), but as it is motorway driving we should easily achieve that over 2 days.
Working with Garmin Mapsource and Google Maps, here is the proposed itinerary:
Dates
|
Destination
|
Nights
|
Proposed Route
|
Distance
|
26 Sep
|
Weymouth
|
1
|
London, Bournemouth, Corfe Castle, Weymouth
|
260 km
|
27 Sep
|
Paignton
|
1
|
Lyme Regis,
Exeter, Torquay, Paignton
|
170 km
|
28 Sep
|
Hayle
|
1
|
St Austell,
Mevagissey, Penzance, Land’s End, St.Ives, Hayle
|
250 km
|
29 Sep
|
Barnstaple
|
1
|
Tintagel,
Barnstaple
|
170 km
|
30 Sep
|
Oxford
|
1
|
Bristol, Stratford-Upon-Avon,
Witney
|
280 km
|
01 Oct
|
Northampton
|
1
|
Oxford, Northampton
|
150 km
|
02 Oct
|
Cambridge
|
1
|
Cambridge, Newmarket
|
120 km
|
03 Oct
|
Norwich
|
1
|
Ipswich,
Norfolk Broads
|
80 km
|
04 Oct
|
King's Lynn
|
1
|
King's Lynn,
Skegness, Lincoln,The Wash
|
100 km
|
05 Oct
|
Market Harborough
|
1
|
Market
Harborough
|
120 km
|
06 Oct - 12 Oct
|
Grand Union
Canal
|
7
|
Narrow Boat
Cruise
|
-
|
13 Oct
|
Manchester
|
1
|
Sheffield,
Snake Pass, Manchester
|
220 km
|
14 Oct
|
Kendal
|
1
|
Bury Market,
Yorkshire Dales
|
100 km
|
15 Oct
|
Windermere
|
1
|
Lake District, Cumbria
|
100 km
|
16 Oct
|
Stirling
|
1
|
Gretna Green,
Falkirk, Stirling
|
250 km
|
17 Oct - 23 Oct
|
Aberfeldy
|
7
|
Edinburgh,
Aberdeen, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Fort William, Glasgow
|
1650 km
|
24 Oct
|
Preston
|
1
|
Aberfeldy to
Preston
|
400 km
|
25 Oct
|
London
|
1
|
Preston to
London
|
360 km
|
26 Oct - 28 Oct
|
Paris
|
3
|
Eurostar to
Paris, Hotel in the Latin Quarter
|
-
|
29 Oct
|
London
|
1
|
Eurostar to
London, Heathrow Hotel
|
-
|
30 Oct
|
-
|
Heathrow -
Flight to JNB
|
-
|
The route in Garmin Mapsource:
