Beyond the Boundaries - Planning the Trip (Basics)

Planning the basics of the trip was interesting, I basically bought a map of the UK and stuck it up on my wall, I then proceeded to stick these little post it note things next to the places I wanted to visit.




At first I had way too many places plotted down and once researched I found out to take that trip it would take my 4-5 months, this was when I did some cutting down and plotted only the places that seemed important.

Route - 2 to 3 months
Lands End
Plymouth
Exeter
Poole
Bournemouth
Southampton
Brighton
Hastings
Canterbury
Guildford
Bath 
Bristol
Oxford
Cambridge
Birmingham
Peak District National Park
Lincoln
Sheffield
Manchester 
Liverpool
Leeds
York
Blackpool
Lake District
Newcastle
Edinburgh 
Dundee
Aberdeen
Inverness
John O'Groats

This was my second route that I had planned to take, once researched it came out as taking 2-3 months. My next step was to send it over to Nick (http://nickstimeblog.blogspot.co.uk/) as he is joining me on the journey so I wanted to see what he thought. 
We both decided at that point to meet up and plan the journey together based on what we had in the list above, so we spent an hour or so talking about where we didn't mind missing out on and planning it out on the fact that we believed we could walk 20 miles a day. Once we had done this Nick was absolutely amazing and plotted out the miles and hours each journey would take, plus separated them into weeks so we could see where we should possibly be and when. 

Lands end to Helston - 22.4 Miles 8 Hours 

Helston to St Austell - 30 Miles 10 Hours

St Austell to Liskeard - 20 Miles 7 Hours


Liskeard to Plymouth - 18 Miles 6 Hours

Plymouth  to Dartmouth - 30 Miles 10 Hours

Dartmouth to Kingswater Steam Train to Paigton - 2 hours

Paignton to Exeter - 24 Miles 8 Hours


Exeter to Honiton - 18 Miles 6 Hours

162.4 Miles Walking



Honiton to Taunton - 18 Miles 6 Hours

Taunton to Weston super mare - 29 Miles 9 Hours


Weston super mare to Bristol - 21 Miles 7 Hours

Bristol to Chippenham - 22 Miles 7 Hours

Chippenham to Swindon - 20 Miles 6.5 Hours

Swindon to Oxford - 30 Miles 10 hours

Oxford to  Alsbury - 22 Miles 7 Hours

162 Miles Walking



Alsbury to Dunstable - 16.7 Miles 5.5 Hours

Dunstable to Bedford - 20 Miles  6.5 Hours

Bedford to Cambridge - 30 Miles 10 Hours


Cambridge to Ely - 16 Miles 5 Hours

Ely to Wisbech - 23 Miles 8 Hours

Wisbech to Spalding - 20 Miles 6.5 Hours

Spalding to Grantham - 29 Miles 10 Hours

154 .7 Miles walking



Grantham to Nottingham - 24 Miles 8 Hours

Nottingham to Mansfield - 15 Miles 5 hours

Mansfield to Chesterfield -  12 Miles 4 hours


Chesterfield to Peak District - 21.2 Miles 7.5 hours

Peak District to Manchester - 30 Miles 10 Hours

Manchester to Huddersfield - 25 Miles 8.5 Hours

127.2 Miles Walking


Huddersfield to Keighley - 19 Miles 6.5 Hours

Keighley to Settle - 23 Miles 8 Hours

Settle to Kendal - 29 Miles 10 Hours

Kendal to Shap - 16 Miles 5.5 Hours

Shap to Penrith - 13 Miles 4 Hours

Penrith to Alston - 24 miles 8.5 Hours

124 Miles Walking


Alston to Hexham - 20.4 Miles 7 Hours

Hexham to Newcastle - 22 Miles 7 Hours

Newcastle to Morpeth -  15 Miles 5 Miles

Morpeth to Alnwick - 19 miles 6.5 Miles

Alnwick to Crookham - 27 Miles 8.5 Hours


Crookham to Gordan - 20.4 Miles 7 Hours

123.8 Miles Walking



Gordon to Edinburgh - 35 Miles 12 Hours

Edinburgh to Dalgety Bay - 18.2 Miles 6 Hours

Dalgety to Springfield - 27 Miles 9 Hours

Springfield to Dundee - 14 Miles 5 Hours

Dundee to Kirkton of Glenisla - 26 Miles 9 Hours

Kirkton of Glenisla to Braemar - 25.4 Miles 9 hours

Braemar to Carrbridge 52 Miles - 18 Hours (2 days on this)

196.6 Miles Walking 


Carrbridge to Inverness - 26 Miles 8.5 Hours

Inverness to Evanton - 16.5 Miles 5.5 Hours

Evanton to Embo - 27 Miles 9 Hours

Embo to Helmsdale - 27 Miles 8 Hours

Helmsdale to Lybster - 22.1 Miles 7.5 Hours

Lybster to Wick - 13.4 Miles 4.5 Hours

Wick to John o' Groats - 16.4 Miles 5.5 Hours

148 Miles Walking

However this isn't the final planned route, we still need to figure out what day we are going to leave and how long we are going to stay in each place. Also we need to go around and contact all the councils about photography and film restrictions, as well as find accommodation for the both of us.

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