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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