2013 UK Road Trip Itinerary
Monday, 19 August
Melbourne→London 12:05 am & arrive at 4:15 pm
Stay in London @ Airbnb apartment near Paddington Station
Tuesday, 20 August
Churches – St. Pauls, Deptfort & St.Pauls Cathedral
Wednesday, 21 August
Museums – British/Hunterian
Thursday, 22 August
Abbey Road/National Trust/shopping
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Friday, 23 August
Pick up car from Europcar
Drive to & stay in Cambridge - 100k’s & approx 1¾ hours drive
Punt ride
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Saturday, 24 August
AM in Cambridge – Tour of University
PM drive to York - 260 k’s & approx 3 hours driving time.
Sunday, 25 August
Yorkshire Dales via Ripon & Fountains Abbey - 232k’s & approx. 4 hours driving time
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Monday, 26 August
Drive from York to Hexham or Haydon Bridge 234 k’s & approx. 3 hours drive via the North York Moors & Whitby
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Tuesday, 27 August
AM at Hadrian’s Wall
PM drive to Edinburgh - 155 k’s & approx 2¼ hours
Wednesday, 28 August
Edinburgh Castle & Royal Mile…Britannia…Old Town Weaving Co.
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Thursday, 29 August
Drive to Glasgow – 74 k’s & approx 1 hour drive
Maybe via Falkirk
Charles Rennie McIntosh
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Friday, 30 August
Drive to Hawkeshead via Keswick
240 k’s & approx 2 ¾ hours
Visit the Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick & Beatrix Potter in Hawkeshead.
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Saturday, 31 August
AM visit Hilltop (Beatrix Potter House) at Sawrey
PM drive to Liverpool via Crosby Beach – 74 k’s & approx 1 hours drive
Consider staying at The Hard Day’s Night Hotel!
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Sunday, 1 September
Drive to Holyhead & catch a ferry to Dublin
Stena Adventurer – departs 13:50 & arrives 17:05
150 k’s & approx 1¾ hours
Perhaps have a coffee or early lunch in Conwy &/or visit Llamberis & organise train ticket for Mt. Snowden on September 15th
Monday, 2 September
Dublin
• Trinity College – Book Of Kells
• Temple Bar – Pubs, shops, the covered market
• Grafton Street – shopping with St.Stephens Green at one end
• Moore Street – fruit & veg market – Monday to Saturday
Tuesday, 3 September
Dublin
Guinness Storehouse
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Wednesday, 4 September
Drive to Belfast via Newgrange - 170 k’s & approx. 2¼ hours
Thursday, 5 September
Titanic Quarter & Peace Walls
Belfast
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Friday, 6 September
Belfast to Derry via Giants Causeway - 165 k’s & approx. 4¼ hours
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Saturday, 7 September
Drive to Sligo - 137 k’s & approx. 2 hours
W.B. Yeats Grave at Drumcliffe Graveyard & Sligo Farmers Market
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Sunday, 8 September
Drive from Sligo to Galway - 140 k’s & approx. 2 hours
Eyre Square, Kirwans Lane, Spanish Arch, Salmon Weir bridge & Claddagh Quay.
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Monday, 9 September
Galway to Bunratty ( near Limerick) via Cliffs of Moher - 140 k’s & approx. 2 ½ hours
(passing through Aillwee Cave near Ballyvaughan & Burren – smokehouse)
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Tuesday, 10 September
Bunratty to Killarney - 115 k’s & 1¾ hours
Wednesday, 11 September
Ring of Kerry – 170k’s & all day
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Thursday, 12 September
Killarnery to Cork - 90 k’s & approx. 1½ hours – via the Blarney Stone
& visit The Mahon Point Farmers’ Market in Cork (10:00am – 3:00pm)
Friday, 13 September
Cork to Waterford – 123 k’s & 1¾ hours
Morning visit to the English Market? & then drive to Waterford & perhaps visit the Jameson Whisky Distillery at Midelton on the way back.
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Saturday, 14 September
Cork to Dublin -261 k’s & approx. 2½ hours
Dublin to Holyhead via Ferry
Stena Nordica departs 15:10 & arrives 18:40
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Sunday, 15 September
Holyhead to Llangollen via Snowdon Mountain Raliway (Llamberis) & Snowdonia National Park…perhaps a coffee at Betws-Y-Coed
126 k’s & approx 2 hours drive
Monday, 16 September
Llangollen
Canal ride – horse drawn barge/explore the area/National Trust
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Tuesday, 17 September
Llangollen to Bourton-on-the-Water via Stoke-on Trent (86k’s) - 140 k’s & 2 ½ hours
Visit a pottery at Stoke-On-Trent.
Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Portmeirion, Moorcroft or Emma Bridgewater
Wednesday, 18 September
Bourton-on-the-Water – Road Trip A - 123 k’s & all day
including Blenheim PalaceThursday, 19 September
Thursday 19 September
Bourton-on-the-Water– Road Trip B - 120 k’s & all day
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Friday, 20 September
Bourton-on-the-Water to Cardiff – 143 k’s & 1½ hours
AM
Roald Dahl Plass & explore waterfront area-try a Welshcake @ ’Fabulous’ Mermaid Quay
PM
Cardiff Castle - travel there by water bus from Cardiff Bay? or drive to Castell Coch?
or shopping, & lunch or coffee at The Morgan Centre
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Saturday, 21 September
Cardiff to Bath – 91 k’s & approx. 1½ hours
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Sunday, 22 September
Bath to Falmouth – 307 k’s & approx 4 hours
Stein's Deli, Falmouth, Discovery Quay, Falmouth TR11 3XA
Monday, 23 September
Falmouth – Explore Lands End, Penzance & St Ives
Tuesday, 24 September
Falmouth – Padstow & surrounds
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Wednesday, 25 September
Drive to Lyme-Regis – 204 k’s & 2 ½ hours – Mary Anning
Stop along the way through Devon for a REAL Devonshire Tea
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Thursday, 26 September
Drive to Salisbury via Stonehenge – 133 k’s & 2 hours
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Friday, 27 September
Drive to Brighton – 143 k’s & 2 hours – Pier, Royal Pavillion, The Lanes etc.
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Saturday, 28 September
Drive to Dover – 140 k’s – 2 ¼ hours – White Cliffs
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Sunday, 29 September
Drive to Westerham – via Sissinghurst (visit 2 hours) - 60 k’s & 1½ hours
& All Saints Church, Church Lane, Tudeley, Tonbridge, Kent
Monday, 30 September
Chartwell & drive to Heathrow via Henley - On - Thames (98k’s – 1¼ hrs)
H-O-T to Heathrow 39 k’s & 35 mins drive
Return hire car to (address)
10pm departure
Tuesday, 1 October
Malaysian Airlines with a birthday boy on board!
Wednesday, 2 October
Arrive Melbourne – 7:55am
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