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2010 Britain Trip
I have visited Britain a number of times, starting in 1970; however, this is my first trip since taking up
birding after my retirement in November 1998. Below you can see a map that
shows my route, and below that is my actual itinerary. As you can see, the trip
includes England, Scotland , and Wales. There also will be links to photos from the trip (Photos01, Photos02, etc) and
my commentary about the trip (Ramblings01, Ramblings02, etc). I plan to
add these links while on the trip.
The trip was originally planned to start on April 19, 2010, but a volcano in Iceland erupted the week before that, and all plane travel into and out of the UK was shut down for six days. As a result, my trip was rescheduled, and departure
was moved back to April 27. The return flight was also rescheduled, so
the duration of the trip stayed the same. The map below shows the original
route, and the revised route is the same except the first and last eight
days. Instead of visiting London at the beginning of the trip, London was moved to the end. The planned visit to Swanage, near Poole Harbour in Dorset had to be canceled, and instead, a stop of three days in Maidenhead,
just outside of London, was added at the end also. Other than those two
changes, everything else stayed the same.
Below the map of the original itinerary, there is a revised itinerary, showing
each destination, with dates. Below that is an embedded Google
interactive map of the trip. You can click on the Google map and pan and
zoom, to see details or certain areas. Below the embedded Google map is a
link to the Google website, where you will see a larger version of the same
map.
Map with original
itinerary
Revised 44 Day Itinerary, Britain 2010
Depart Seattle late on Tuesday, 27 April, and fly overnight to London Ramblings01
1. New Forest area - 1 night, arrive Wednesday, 28 April Ramblings02
2. Seaford (near Brighton) - 1 night, arrive Thursday, 29 April Ramblings03 Photos01
3. Dungeness, Kent - 2 nights, arrive Friday, 30 April Ramblings04 Photos02 Ramblings05 Photos03
4. Sibton Green, Suffolk - 4 nights, arrive Sunday, 2 May Ramblings06 Photos04 Ramblings07 Ramblings08 Photos05
5. Bury St. Edmunds - 2 nights, arrive Thursday, 6 May Ramblings09 Photos06
6. Sharrington, Norfolk - 4 nights, arrive Saturday, 8 May Ramblings10 Photos07 Ramblings11 Photos08 Ramblings12
7. Lymm (near Manchester), Cheshire - 2 nights, arrive Wednesday, 12 May Ramblings13 Ramblings14 Photos09
8. Rhayader, Wales - 1 night, arrive Friday, 14 May Ramblings15 Photos10 Ramblings16 Photos11
9. Bangor, Wales - 2 nights, arrive Saturday, 15 May Ramblings17 Photos12
10. Leighton Moss, Lancashire - 2 nights, arrive Monday, 17 May Ramblings18 Ramblings19 Photos13
11. Balerno (Edinburgh), Scotland - 3 nights, arrive Wednesday, 19 May Ramblings20 Photos14
12. Kingussie (Cairngorms), Scotland - 4 nights, arrive Saturday, 22 May Ramblings21 Photos15 Ramblings22 Ramblings23 Photos16 Ramblings24 Photos17
13. Ullapool, Scotland - 1 night, arrive Wednesday, 26 May Ramblings25 Photos18
14. Fort William, Scotland – 1 night, arrive Thursday, 27 May Ramblings26
15. Workington, Cumbria – 3 nights, arrive Friday, 28 May Ramblings27 Photos19 Ramblings28 Photos20
16. Leighton Moss, Lancashire - 1 night, arrive Monday, 31 May Ramblings29 Photos21
17. Oxford - 1 night, arrive Tuesday, 1 June Ramblings30
18. Maidenhead - 3 nights, arrive Wednesday, 2 June Ramblings31 Photos22 Ramblings32 Photos23 Ramblings33 Photos24
19. London (Kennington) - 5 nights, arrive Saturday, 5 June Ramblings34 Ramblings35 Ramblings36 Photos25 Ramblings37 Photos26 Ramblings38 Photos27
Fly home to Seattle on Thursday, 10 June Ramblings39
Below is an interactive Google
Map of my revised itinerary
View B's UK trip 2010 in a larger map