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
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
My 101 things
- 01. Walk 4 kms. training 6 Jan. 2008
- 02. Walk 6 kms. training 7 Jan. 2008
- 03. Add 2kms. walk training each day until I reach 20 kms.
- 04. Walk in Rotorua Marathon on 3 May 2008
- 05. Travel to London to walk around Britain
- 06. Meet my e-friend in Scotland, Lou, in person.
- 07. Meet my e-friend in England and my walking partner, Peter, in person.
- 08. Meet my e-friend in Eire, Sean, in person.
- 09. Meet my e-friend in England (ex my home town), Rosemary, in person.
- 10. Meet my ex-schoolmate from Musselburgh, Jeanette, again after 50 years.
- 11. Raise at least NZ$250 for charity in 2008.
- 12. Finish the WALK around Britain.
- 13. Enrol as student at Edinburgh University.
- 14. Finish my book about the WALK around Britain.
- 15. Finish our filmscript re WALK around Britain.
- 16. Get book re WALK published.
- 17. Get film re WALK produced.
- 18. 48 hours without computer . . .Ouch!
- 19. 48 hours without television . . . another Ouch!
- 20. Complete this list of 101 things to do - finding it difficult to imagine more than 30 or so at present.
- 21. Finish English/Latin texts transcription of Caesar's Gallic Wars.
- 22. Do 10 sit-ups in one session, increasing to 50, by 31 March 2008.
- 23. Attend a book signing.
- 24. Do a drawing class.
- 25. Do a painting class.
- 26. Recruit a new lister to 101 things to do.
- 27. Have 10 items done in 6 months.
- 28. Have 25 items done in first year.
- 29. Saw and axe enough firewood for next winter season.
- 30. Donate NZ$5 for each item on list incomplete.
- 31. Fly in a helicopter.
- 32. Fly in a glider.
- 33. Get golf lessons.
- 35. Have my own website.
- 36. Play poker on computer for money.
- 37. Play backgammon for money on computer.
- 38. Visit Auckland Zoo.
- 39. Visit Tauranga Zoo.
- 40. Visit Edinburgh Zoo.
- 41. Visit Rotorua Zoo (or equivalent).
- 42. Go to Nevada and meet Jim, an internet PokerStars.net friend.
About Me
- TartanWonder
- My burning ambition is to walk for charity around Britain. 4,000 kms and more. Send me an email to get a .pdf free copy of the book I'm writing about this.
5 comments:
Good luck with this challenge David. We can't wait to meet you.
Love Lucy xx
I've now put a link to this on Lucy's blog and will put details of it on one of the heart forums I go on in UK
Bev x
Hi David, whats new? Well planned out list..good luck with progress as ever.
http://www.borlum.co.uk/index.html
thats a campsite in Drumnadrochit I thought of visiting previously..perhaps they would let you camp for free.
Problem with publishing this list of itinerary is that it is "a work of art in progress" !!!!
What I mean is that I am editing it daily as changes come in with the emails from many wonderful people.
So, I'm going to re-publish it soon in another posting here. Otherwise I'd be editing this posting and interested people might miss a change that might otherwise attract their attention(?)
Thank you Lucy, Bev, and Louise.
I'll have a look right now at that Drumnadrochit website.
Love to all of you xx
David.
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