It has been suggested that I post the whole itinerary here for various interested viewers at the caravan club websites to access. The entire listing is subject to changes, which will themselves depend on the feedback I get from viewers who are already offering FREE sites for caravan parking.
British local authorities that I have approached are being particularly generous.

I see that tabbing does not work effectively here, so -

the columns are town, mileage, whether confirmed (****),date.


**** denotes confirmed sites (the dates are the nights of . . . . .)

London Start on the morning of 15 May 2008
Brentwood 17 miles 15 May
Witham 23 **** 16
Colchester 22 17
Ipswich 18 18
Saxmundham 20 19
Lowestoft 20 **** 20
Norwich 25 **** 21 and 22
Cromer 24 23
Fakenham 20 24
Gaywood 22 25
Gedney 19 26
Heckington 23 27
Lincoln 22 28 and 29
Market Raisen 18 30
Brigg 16 31
Cottingham 21 1 June
Driffield 18 2
Scarborough 19 3 and 4
Whitby 15 5
Guisborough 24 **** 6
Stockton-on-Tees 14 7 and 8
Durham 18 9
Ponteland 23 10
Otterburn 23 11
Jedburgh 28 12
Lauder 18 13
Edinburgh 20 14 and 15
Burntisland 20 16
Markinch 13 17
St Andrews 20 18
Dundee 13 19
Perth 22 20 and 21
Crieff 15 22
Dunkeld 20 23
Coupar Angus 15 24
Forfar 17 **** 25
Brechin 12 26
Inverbervie 20 27 and 28
Newtonhill 17 29
Balmedie 18 30
Cruden Bay 16 1 September
Crimond 17 2
Fraserburgh 10 3
Gardenstown 15 4 and 5
Portsoy 17 6
Fochabers 18 7
Forres 21 8 and 9
Ardersier 17 10
Kirkhill 19 11
Evanton 21 12
Tain 19 13
Spinningdale 20 14
Brora 22 15 and 16
Berriedale 20 17
Ulbster 19 18
John O’Groats 23 19
Thurso 20 20 and 21
Strathy 20 22
Coldbackie 21 23
Altnaharra 20 24
Lairg 21 25 and 26
Dalnavie 20 27
Dingwall 20 28
Beauly 13 29
Drumnadrochit 14 30
Fort Augustus 19 31
Spean Bridge 23 1 and 2 August
Onich 19 3
Bridge of Orchy 29 4
Killin 25 5
Callander 19 6
Stirling 20 7 and 8
Glasgow 25 9
Kilmarnock 21 10
New Cumnock 21 11
Carronbridge 22 12
Dumfries 17 13 and 14
Gretna 24 15
High Hesket 16 16
Penrith 19 17
Keswick 18 18
Kendal 26 19 and 20
Lancaster 24 21
Preston 21 22
Southport 18 23
St Helens 20 24
Chester 25 25 and 26
Whitchurch 20 27
Shrewsbury 20 28
Craven Arms 21 29
Eominster 18 30
Hereford 13 31/1 Sept.
Huntley 22 2 Sept.
Eastington 22 3
Almondsbury 21 4
Congresbury 25 5
Bridgwater 23 6
Huish Champflower 21 7
Sth Molton 26 8 and 9
Barnstaple 12 10
Bideford 11 11
Kilkhampton 21 12
Camelford 22 13
St Columb 18 14
Redruth 18 15
Ludgvan 17 16
Penzance 20 17
Lizard 24 18 and 19
Truro 28 20
Lostwithiel 22 21
Saltash 24 22
Sth Brent 21 23
Torquay 16 24
Exeter 22 25
Lyme Regis 23 26
Dorchester 24 27
Poole 24 28 and 29
Lymington 24 30
Totton 14 1 October
New Alresford 22 2
Farnham 20 3
Dorking 23 4
London 24 5

Where Have I Been All This Time?

It's amazing to see that I haven't posted here for over a week! Not that I've been lazy - far from it.
I've had a few problems with my walking. Only when a sticky pl;aster I was tryiny to introduce to the inside of one of my shoes failed to go where I wanted it to go, and stuck to the wrong part of the inner sole, did I realise what it was that was destroying my feet. As I pulled the failed stcky patch out, the whole inner sole came away, and I could see that I had all but worn a hole in it at the ball of the foot. I inspected the other shoe. This was why I was getting bad blisters.
The remedy was to rest my blisters until I could walk comfortably on them again. Then new shoes - I had bought 3 pairs for price of 2 in a sale a couple of years ago, and I'm now using the 3rd pair. However, that hasn't solved the problem entirely, because now I've got cut heels instead of blistered balls (of my feet, sillies!). But that is progress.
Another problem I've had is that when our visitors were here from the U.K. we took them on what must be one of the sunniest days we've ever had, to Whakatane to see part of the Tuna Tournament one Saturday. There was also a craft market on the grassy riverside reserve, so we spent a lot of time there. Foolishly, thinking more about our visitors than myself, I'd forgotten to apply sunblock and I wasn't wearing a hat. Result? Sunburn. Bad? Well, let me say I could not dare to wash my face for about 3 days!!
As well as that, I've been, and am, very busy sending emails to local authorities and universities in Britain seeking free overnight sites for our vehicle and caravan. AS I'm saying in these emails, in our budget we have - "Site fees 130 nights @ £17 (perhaps some will be free?) £2,210". Considering that this amount is one third of what we now have to find before I can get on my way to London, it's worth spending a lot of time on!
At present, I'm sending to the local authorities in order of our planned route from London, and for those of you who have time to look at my maps, I'm currently sending to Sandringham.
The great news is that when I got out of bed this morning and swithed on computer, there was a marvellous response from the first town out from London, Brentwood. I've been given a website address re a camp in Brentwood, and I'm off to look at it right now, hoping to find an email address for it that I can use.