UK Holiday

Itinerary Part 1

Friday 9th March

Go to Tintagel

Stay at Truro

Saturday 10th March

Visit St. Ives and Lands End during the day

Stay at Truro

Sunday 11th March

Plymouth

Monday 12th March

Torquay

Tuesday 13th March

Beer

Wells and Cheddar Gorge

Stay in Bristol

Wednesday 14th March

Explore Bristol

Stay in Bath

Thursday 15th March

Explore Bath

Stay in Bath

Friday 16th March

Stonehenge

Avebury

Ironbridge if it's not too late

Stay in Chester

Saturday 17th March

Explore Chester

Stay in Anglesea

Sunday 18th March

Drive to and explore and stay in Liverpool

Monday 19th March

Bit more of Liverpool

Drive to, explore and stay in Manchester

Tuesday 20th March

Bit more of Manchester

Drive to and stay in Macclesfield. Go to Astronomical Lecture.

Wednesday 21st March

Buxton

Thursday 22nd March

Castleton

Leeds

Friday 23rd March

Bit more of Leeds

Explore and stay in Yorkshire Dales

Saturday 24th March

Explore and stay in Windermere

Sunday 25th March

Explore Lake District

Stay in Keswick

Monday 26th March - Thursday 29th March

[ Scotland ]

Thursday 29th March

Night: Stay in Newcastle

Friday 30th March

Newcastle

Saturday 31st March

Drive to, explore and stay in Durham

Sunday 1st April

Briefly visit Robin Hoods Bay

Visit and stay in Whitby

Monday 2nd April

Drive through Beverley

Stay in Lincoln

Tuesday 3rd April

Visit Blakeney

Visit and stay in Norwick

Wednesday 4th April

Visit Bury St Edmunds

Stay in Cambridge

Thursday 5th April

Bit more of Cambridge

Return home

Friday 6th April - Monday 9th April

Manically find a place to live in London!

Itinerary Part 3

Thursday 20th March

• Drive from London to Brighton.
• Stay at St Christophers Youth Hostel 10-12 Grand Junction Rd, Brighton, BN1 1PN, 01273 202035
• Places to go out:

Friday 21st March

• Explore Brighton
• Explore Eastbourne (including Beachy Head and possibly South Downs Way)
• Drive to Hastings
• Stay at ...
• Places to go out:

Saturday 22nd March

• Explore Battle
• Possibly explore Sissinghurst
• Drive to Dover
• Stay at ...
• Places to go out:

Sunday 23rd March

• Explore Dover
• Explore Deal
• Explore Sandwich
• Drive to Canterbury
• Stay at YHA youth hostel
• Places to go out:

Monday 24th March

• Explore Canterbury
• Explore Whitstable
• Drive home

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2a. Surrey, Kent and Essex

MAIDSTONE for LEEDS CASTLE (from outside), and other nearby castles, e.g. DEAL.

CANTERBURY, ROCHESTER for lunch/pub.

WHITSTABLE for high street - a stone's throw from the sea.

SANDWICH, for a sandwich (Little Cottage Tearooms on The Quay).

- Ahh! - That's clever! At Sandwich, eat a ... Sandwich! Brilliant!

DEAL: Castle and Timeball Tower at 1pm.

- At DEAL, make a DEAL! I'm getting the hang of this now...

DOVER: Castle, but definitely white cliffs (guided walks?)

- At DOVER, buy a Dove, errr

ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS: 2 hours, springs (can drink) and walks)

SISSINGHURST: Nice gardens.

2b. Sussex

BATTLE: Battle Abbey, nr. Hastings.

SOUTH DOWNS WAY, nr. EASTBOURNE, esp. BEACHY HEAD for cycling on chalk cliffs. Drusillas Park - penguins! (maybe for kids though, boo).

BRIGHTON: Royal Pavilion, Palace Pier - visit for sheer tackiness, museum of penny slot machines, Jubilee library - nice building and free internet. Good nightlife, stay in hostel?

3a. Hampshire

PORTSMOUTH: Visit ships, get all inclusive pass, submarine/firepower museum, spinnaker tower - panoramic views. Southsea or old seafaring pubs for food.

WINCHESTER: Guided walks, free internet, nice cathedral / try to be there for evening - 5:30 (3:30 Sunday), guided tours on the hour.

NEW FOREST: Walk / ride at Lindhurst or Brockenhurst. Ranger-led hikes.

BOURNEMOUTH: Good nightlife, stay in hostel?

ISLE OF PURBECK: Beautiful castle (Corfe castle), Go from Poole or long road from Wareham (and use Harry's Bar - free net access). Beach at Shell Bay or Studland Bay - lovely. Places to stay at Swanage. Durdle Door - famour limestone arch. Many small towns in inland Dorset, e.g Longleat

3b. Wiltshire

STONEHENGE and AVEBURY

4. Oxfordshire / Cotswolds

WANTAGE: White Horse Hill (lovely views) near Wantage.

OXFORD: Excellent guided walking tours, several daily, book in advance. Loads to do. Classical / theatre for nightlife.

COTSWOLDS: Great Tew (nr. Chipping Norton) for the Falkland Arms pubs. Lots of villages.

5. Bristol, Bath and Somerset

BRISTOL: Lots of historical attractions, waterways, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Camera Obscura, good nightlife.

BATH: Roman Baths, pump room, Thermae Bath Spa - thermal open air pool etc., charged per time. Free walking tours or bus tours.

WELLS: 20m south of Bristol. Nice cathedral.

WOOKEY HOLE: Cave complex with deep pools/rock formations, spooky.

CHEDDAR GORGE: Great vistas.

6. Devon and Cornwall

BEER: On the coast.

TORQUAY: Marina, beach, Living Coasts - penguins!

PLYMOUTH: Views over THe Sound, inns.

DARTMOOR: 2 hour walking tours, perhaps drive through?

EDEN PROJECT: 10 - 4;30, 0.5 day, good food, accompanied rides nearby, happytrailbikerides.co.uk.

LANDS END / ST IVES: Art scene.

TINTAGEL: Nice, castle ruins.

7. East Anglia

BURY ST EDMUNDS: Pretty, first planned town, Britain's smallest pub.

SOUTHWALD: Non-touristy seaside town.

NORWICH: Many grand cathedrals, old places to walk around, do NOT go on Sunday.

BLAKENEY: Lovely. Nice harbour, seal colony, www.beansboattrips.co.uk.

CAMBRIDGE: Guided walks, colleges.

8. West Midlands

IRONBRIDGE GORGE: Shropshire, Ludlow, picturesque, good food.

PEAK DISTRICT and BUXTON: The crescent, fountain, good base for P.D (http://www.visitbuxton.co.uk/)

POOLES CAVERN and SPEEDWELL CAVERN near Castleton (mainly Blue John Cavern, (big limestone cave), http://www.bluejohnstone.com/).

9. East Midlands

LINCOLN: Nice cathedral, take the guided rooftop tour.

10. The Northwest

MANCHESTER: Imperial War Museum, Cafe society, clubs, Museum of Science and Industry (http://www.msim.org.uk/), Urbis (http://www.urbis.org.uk/)

LIVERPOOL: World Museum, dockside, Beatles tours

CHESTER: City walls, nice buildings, mini-courtyards. Guided walks on roman, historic or ghost trails, or river cruises.

RIBBLE VALLEY (inc Cliterhoe): Nice, small villages, little shops and old pubs.

ISLE OF MAN: Lovely scenery etc., but only if there is a lot of spare time left.

11. Cumbria and The Lakes

WINDERMERE: (Bowness-on-Windermere) Sail a catamaran on the lake. Go to Brockhole if they're open for the Lake District Visitor Centre.

GRIZEDALE FOREST: Aerial high-ropes adventure course

KESWICK: Castlerigg Stone Castle, prehistoric stones in the most spectacular of settings.

RANDOM PLACES near the Lakes, e.g. LANGDALE.

12. Yorkshire

LEEDS: Loads to do, great nightlife, coal museum.

YORKSHIRE DALES: Esp. MALHAM cove / tarn / limestone pavement, http://www.malhamdale.com/, Settle-Carlisle Railway, http://www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/, Black Sheep Brewery, Masham.

BEVERLEY: Twee, old streets, cobbled lanes etc.

NORTH YORK MOORS: Lots of little towns with castles etc.

ROBIN HOODS BAY and especially WHITBY: Scenic fishing villages, North Yorkshire coast, http://www.robin-hoods-bay.co.uk/

13. The Northeast

DURHAM: Walled city, canal walks, university, cathedral. - and the castle! don't forget the castle!

Durham tourism

NEWCASTLE: Loads to do, great nightlife.

HEXHAM: Good base for Hadrian's Wall, abbey, http://www.hadrians-wall.org/

KIELDER: Kielder Water (massive reservoir) and Kielder Forest (massive forest), http://www.kielder.org/

ALNWICK: Europe's largest treehouse, Poison Garden.

BERWICK: Walk along the walls for matchless views of the sea, river and frontier town. Travel from Alnwick. Fantastic long empty beaches, sand dunes, castles, http://www.alnwickcastle.com/ http://www.bamburghcastle.com/ http://www.seahouses.org/

Missing Out

Holy Island / Lindisfarne, Northumbria, [difficult, will take time], http://www.holyisland.org/ http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/

Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, http://www.knaresborough.co.uk/attractions/index.html

Tramway Museum, Derby, http://www.tramway.co.uk/