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With a relatively full tank of petrol I turned out of my road enjoying a slightly jumpy tune on the CD player (thanks to a rather bumpy road), with Sebastian, my brothers’ travelling monkey, in the passenger seat.

To be honest, I was expecting day one to be a doddle, owing to the fact I’d done this drive between Telford and Leeds many times. I did forget about two little things though: traffic and weather.

The M6 was (as usual) a mass of cars crawling along at slow speeds, but today it was met with horrendous weather. Cars were sliding, horns were blaring, and I didn’t particularly want to crack on with the motorway, so I left and had a crack at using the Sat-Nav (something I will end up reffering to in this blog as the ‘shat-nav’ I guarantee).

After circling around every part of Manchester a few times I finally made it back to the motorway. By now the weather had cleared up. Before arriving at my destination for the night I stopped in to Ikea for a couple of Hot-Dogs, gotta love em. It’s going to be a long drive up north to Glasgow tomorrow, so I’d better try and get to bed early (er than what I have been).

Finally, my long awaited driving holiday has arrived, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m driving from Telford to John O Groats to Lands’ End and back again, making various stops along the way. If you’re in one of those stops and want to hang out for a bit, maybe show us a sight or two, then please do get in touch!

The trip from the two tips of the island is something I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid. When I was working in Somerset I’d already visited Lands’ End, so just needed to go up north.

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You’ll have to pardon the Japanese maps, I took them from the Japanese version of this blog entry (but the English is there aswell).

The Plan

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13th August (Fri)
・From Telford to Leeds
・Sleep in Leeds

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14th August (Sat)
・From Leeds to Glasgow
・Pick up my mate from Glasgow Airport
・From Glasgow to Perth
・Sleep in Perth

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15th August (Sun)
・From Perth to John O’ Groats
・Sleep in John O’ Groats

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16th August (Monday)
・From John O’ Groats to Inverness
・Have a visit to Loch Ness
・From Inverness to Edinburgh
・Sleep in Edinburgh

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17th August (Tue)
・Enjoy the Edinburgh Festival
・Sleep in Edinburgh

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18th August (Wed)
・From Edinburgh to Leeds
・Sleep in Leeds

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19th August (Thur)
・From Leeds to Weston Super Mare
・Sleep in Weston Super Mare

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20th August (Fri)
・From Weston Super Mare to Nether Stowey
・From Nether Stowey to Lands’ End
・From Lands’ End to Exmouth
・Sleep in Exmouth

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21st August (Sat)
・From Exmouth to Salisbury (however, it’s still not been decided yet, so we might go to Brighton instead)
・Sleep in Salisbury (or Brighton)

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22nd August (Sun)
・From Salisbury (or Brighton) to London
・Drop my friend off at London Airport
・From London to Telford
・The trip ends.

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