Glasgow to London 9 days
May 1st, 2019 | 06:51 PM
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Glasgow to London 9 days
Hi Forum
Would appreciate some advice on the final leg of our UK drive.What i would like to visit is the following: Hadrians Wall Housestead Roman Fort, Cruise Ullwater steamers, York- Everything, Roman Vondolanda London - St Pancras station. Can anyone figure out an itinerary for this journey. Also in York - where to stay where it is affordable, we have a car so able to drive from out of area. 21 July to 29 July.
Would appreciate some advice on the final leg of our UK drive.What i would like to visit is the following: Hadrians Wall Housestead Roman Fort, Cruise Ullwater steamers, York- Everything, Roman Vondolanda London - St Pancras station. Can anyone figure out an itinerary for this journey. Also in York - where to stay where it is affordable, we have a car so able to drive from out of area. 21 July to 29 July.
May 2nd, 2019 | 02:54 PM
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The itinerary you have is in order but various parts an be expanded -like Fountains Abbey if it lies between Lake District and York as do the Yorkshir Dales.
And see some of the rest of the Lake District - like Beatrice Potter's Cottage and Wordsworth's Rydall Mount - nice towns like Keswick (pencil n the Derwent Pencil Museum here in a town that historically produced graphite pencils.
Between York and London it is easy to swing by Cambridge and its famed colleges.
To get to Hadrian's Wall swing by some of the famous borders abbeys like Melrose, Dryburgh, Kelso or Jedburgh abbeys.
And see some of the rest of the Lake District - like Beatrice Potter's Cottage and Wordsworth's Rydall Mount - nice towns like Keswick (pencil n the Derwent Pencil Museum here in a town that historically produced graphite pencils.
Between York and London it is easy to swing by Cambridge and its famed colleges.
To get to Hadrian's Wall swing by some of the famous borders abbeys like Melrose, Dryburgh, Kelso or Jedburgh abbeys.
May 3rd, 2019 | 05:54 AM
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Well, first, distances aren't all THAT great, so some zigzagging or doubling-back isn't the end of the world. Much depends on what you want to do IN those places, unless the main aim is just the going (which is totally acceptable, of course.)
But it raises the question of what the rest of your trip looks like. Is this the whole time you have in Britain or is this a part of a longer trip? If so, what and where does the rest of the trip cover?
Some general thinking: Ullswater and the Lakes are lovely, but for most people the landscape is not terribly different from what you'd see in parts of the Scottish Highlands, or Snowdonia in Wales, for that matter. Just as a thought experiment, what if you did your lake/loch cruise closer to Glasgow prior to the road trip? There are several cruises on Loch Lomond, just a short drive from Glasgow, or you could drive to stunning Loch Katrine and ride on the Sir Walter Scott steamer (still steam powered) around that beautiful area. (I'm pretty sure the boats on Ullswater have all been converted to diesel, by the way.) https://www.lochkatrine.com/
If you did that instead of the Lake District you could confine your drive more to the east side of the country than one that crosses the island. Here's a map illustrating that possibility - https://goo.gl/maps/vsTQa1kb7W8mvFdp7 . It includes crossing through the Borders and out to the stunning and historic Northumberland coast - the Holy Island, amazing Bamburgh and Alnwick Castles, then in to Houseteads and Hadrian's Wall, then back to Durham with its world heritage cathedral and castle. You could then visit the Yorkshire coast - Staithes and Whitby, before crossing the North York Moors into York itself.
Assuming you still have the car (which it sounds like) you could do a day trip to Fountains Abbey and a loop through part of the Yorkshire Dales and back to York. You could then stay on the east side of England for the rest of the trip, perhaps visiting some more amazing ancient towns and cathedrals like Lincoln and Ely, lovely Cambridge, then maybe a drive through the Suffolk villages to Colchester, the Roman capital of Britain for a time. You could drop the car at Stansted Airport if you don't want to drive in central London. Map - https://goo.gl/maps/NozbEK2UNyf5qyEU9
Now all of this would present a pretty aggressive driving plan, but it would be easy to edit it to fit with your own style. Just suggestions, anyway, but I'd do some googling on the places shown on the maps.
But it raises the question of what the rest of your trip looks like. Is this the whole time you have in Britain or is this a part of a longer trip? If so, what and where does the rest of the trip cover?
Some general thinking: Ullswater and the Lakes are lovely, but for most people the landscape is not terribly different from what you'd see in parts of the Scottish Highlands, or Snowdonia in Wales, for that matter. Just as a thought experiment, what if you did your lake/loch cruise closer to Glasgow prior to the road trip? There are several cruises on Loch Lomond, just a short drive from Glasgow, or you could drive to stunning Loch Katrine and ride on the Sir Walter Scott steamer (still steam powered) around that beautiful area. (I'm pretty sure the boats on Ullswater have all been converted to diesel, by the way.) https://www.lochkatrine.com/
If you did that instead of the Lake District you could confine your drive more to the east side of the country than one that crosses the island. Here's a map illustrating that possibility - https://goo.gl/maps/vsTQa1kb7W8mvFdp7 . It includes crossing through the Borders and out to the stunning and historic Northumberland coast - the Holy Island, amazing Bamburgh and Alnwick Castles, then in to Houseteads and Hadrian's Wall, then back to Durham with its world heritage cathedral and castle. You could then visit the Yorkshire coast - Staithes and Whitby, before crossing the North York Moors into York itself.
Assuming you still have the car (which it sounds like) you could do a day trip to Fountains Abbey and a loop through part of the Yorkshire Dales and back to York. You could then stay on the east side of England for the rest of the trip, perhaps visiting some more amazing ancient towns and cathedrals like Lincoln and Ely, lovely Cambridge, then maybe a drive through the Suffolk villages to Colchester, the Roman capital of Britain for a time. You could drop the car at Stansted Airport if you don't want to drive in central London. Map - https://goo.gl/maps/NozbEK2UNyf5qyEU9
Now all of this would present a pretty aggressive driving plan, but it would be easy to edit it to fit with your own style. Just suggestions, anyway, but I'd do some googling on the places shown on the maps.
May 3rd, 2019 | 11:36 AM
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To me the Lake District is far different from Scottish Highlands - Beatrice Potter's Cottage - cute towns - Wordsworth Rydall Mount but yes the lakes may be similar. And I'd head for Hadrian's Wall right from the Borders Abbey - straight shot south then head over to coast or down thru Yorkshire wilds via Fountains Abbey - *** to York but gardyloo's plan is excellent, reflecting his superior knowledge of Scotland.
