The following is a rough plan. Timings and even destinations are at the mercy of many variables; weather, season (ferry availability), health, life events (Wedding invitations) as well as safety factors (extreme weather etc.).
David will also be taking rest days as and when he needs them and will also be arranging shifts in branch which is going to extend the ending of the walk. We expect the whole walk to take about two years…but it isn’t a race!
Branch number | miles | days (estimated) |
1) Doncaster to Scunthorpe | 23.1 | 2 |
2) Scunthorpe to Grimsby | 27.7 | 2 |
3) Grimsby to Hull | 28.7 | 2 |
4) Hull to Barnsley | 57.8 | 4 |
5) Barnsley to Wakefield | 10.2 | 1 |
6) Wakefield to Huddersfield | 14 | 1 |
7) Huddersfield to Halifax | 7.4 | 1 |
8) Halifax to Bradford | 9 | 1 |
9) Bradford to Leeds | 9.5 | 1 |
10) Leeds to Harrogate | 15.6 | 1 |
11) Harrogate to York | 20 | 2 |
12) York to Bridlington | 41 | 3 |
13) Bridlington to Scarborough | 16.6 | 1 |
14) Scarborough to Northallerton | 49.4 | 3 |
15) Northallerton to Darlington | 16.4 | 1 |
16) Darlington to Middlesborough | 15 | 1 |
17) Middlesborough to Durham | 23.2 | 2 |
18) Durham to Sunderland | 12.7 | 1 |
19) Sunderland to Newcastle | 12.9 | 1 |
20) Newcastle to Ashington | 16.4 | 1 |
21) Ashington to Selkirk | 68.2 | 4 |
22) Selkirk to Edinburgh | 38.6 | 3 |
23) Edinburgh to Falkirk | 24.8 | 2 |
24) Falkirk to Dunfermline | 17.4 | 1 |
25) Dunfermline to Kirkcaldy | 13.9 | 1 |
26) Kirkcaldy to Perth | 25.8 | 2 |
27) Perth to Dundee | 21.7 | 2 |
28) Dundee to Aberdeen | 64.3 | 4 |
29) Aberdeen to Elgin | 64.8 | 4 |
30) Elgin to Inverness | 38.2 | 3 |
31) Inverness to Caithness | 108 | 7 |
32) Caithness to Orkney | 48 | 3 |
33) Orkney to Shetland | 120 | 2 |
34) Shetland to Stornoway | 333 | 13 |
35) Stornoway to Greenock | 255 | 15 |
36) Greenock to Glasgow | 21.9 | 2 |
37) Glasgow to Hamilton | 11.6 | 1 |
38) Hamilton to Ayrshire | 24.6 | 2 |
39) Ayrshire to Dumfries | 57.8 | 4 |
40) Dumfries to Carlisle | 33.2 | 2 |
41) Carlisle to Whitehaven | 37.9 | 3 |
42) Whitehaven to Barrow | 42.5 | 3 |
43) Barrow to Lancaster | 43.6 | 3 |
44) Lancaster to Blackpool | 22.9 | 2 |
45) Blackpool to Preston | 16.4 | 1 |
46) Preston to Blackburn | 9.5 | 1 |
47) Blackburn to Nelson | 14.2 | 1 |
48) Nelson to Rochdale | 18.8 | 1 |
49) Rochdale to Bury | 6.9 | 1 |
50) Bury to Bolton | 5.8 | 1 |
51) Bolton to Wigan | 10.3 | 1 |
52) Wigan to Southport | 19.7 | 2 |
53) Southport to Liverpool | 19.6 | 2 |
54) Liverpool to Isle of Man | 83.5 | 1 |
55) Isle of Man to Belfast | 97.8 | 1 |
56) Belfast to Ballymena | 27 | 2 |
57) Ballymena to Coleraine | 25.3 | 2 |
58) Coleraine to Derry | 30.5 | 2 |
59) Derry to Omagh | 33.6 | 2 |
60) Omagh to Sligo | 62.9 | 4 |
61) Sligo to Athlone | 69.6 | 5 |
62) Athlone to Galway | 53 | 4 |
63) Galway to Ennis | 41.5 | 3 |
64) Ennis to Limerick | 22.8 | 2 |
65) Limerick to Tralee | 59.3 | 4 |
66) Tralee to Cork | 62.8 | 4 |
67) Cork to Waterford | 74 | 5 |
68) Waterford to Kilkenny | 30.5 | 2 |
69) Kilkenny to Newbridge | 45.2 | 3 |
70) Newbridge to Dublin | 27.4 | 2 |
71) Dublin to Drogheda | 29.3 | 2 |
72) Drogheda to Newry | 34.2 | 3 |
73) Newry to Portadown | 19.4 | 2 |
74) Portadown to Bangor | 39.3 | 3 |
75) Bangor to Warrington | 203 | 3 |
76) Warrington to Manchester | 18 | 1 |
77) Manchester to Stockport | 5.1 | 1 |
78) Stockport to Buxton | 17.8 | 1 |
79) Buxton to Macclesfield | 10.6 | 1 |
80) Macclesfield to Leek | 12.9 | 1 |
81) Leek to Stoke | 9.6 | 1 |
82) Stoke to Crewe | 12.9 | 1 |
83) Crewe to Northwich | 13.2 | 1 |
84) Northwich to Chester | 18.6 | 1 |
85) Chester to Rhyl | 29.5 | 2 |
86) Rhyl to Bangor | 34.1 | 2 |
87) Bangor to Aberystwyth | 76.6 | 5 |
88) Aberystwyth to Llandrindod Wells | 39.2 | 3 |
89) Llandrindod Wells to Haverfordwest | 84.4 | 6 |
90) Haverfordwest to Swansea | 54.2 | 4 |
91) Swansea to Bridgend | 22.7 | 2 |
92) Bridgend to Cardiff | 18.9 | 1 |
93) Cardiff to Newport | 12 | 1 |
94) Newport to Gloucester | 44.6 | 3 |
95) Gloucester to Cheltenham | 9.2 | 1 |
96) Cheltenham to Hereford | 36.1 | 3 |
97) Hereford to Worcester | 26.2 | 2 |
98) Worcester to Shrewsbury | 47.8 | 3 |
99) Shrewsbury to Telford | 11.3 | 1 |
100) Telford to Stafford | 20.9 | 1 |
101) Stafford to Tamworth | 23.9 | 2 |
102) Tamworth to Walsall | 13.7 | 1 |
103) Walsall to Wolverhampton | 8.2 | 1 |
104) Wolverhampton to Brierley Hill | 9.5 | 1 |
105) Brierley Hill to Birmingham | 10.7 | 1 |
106) Birmingham to Solihull | 7.2 | 1 |
107) Solihull to Coventry | 12.6 | 1 |
108) Coventry to Stratford | 18 | 1 |
109) Stratford to Banbury | 20.4 | 1 |
110) Banbury to Oxford | 24.2 | 2 |
111) Oxford to Reading | 25.9 | 2 |
112) Reading to Bracknell | 10.7 | 1 |
113) Bracknell to Farnborough | 10.2 | 1 |
114) Farnborough to Guildford | 9.9 | 1 |
115) Guildford to Basingstoke | 25 | 2 |
116) Basingstoke to Newbury | 16.4 | 1 |
117) Newbury to Swindon | 25.2 | 2 |
118) Swindon to Bath | 32.9 | 2 |
119) Bath to Bristol | 10.9 | 1 |
120) Bristol to Weston-super-mare | 20.9 | 2 |
121) Weston-super-mare to Yeovil | 37.6 | 3 |
122) Yeovil to Taunton | 25 | 2 |
123) Taunton to Barnstable | 45.4 | 3 |
124) Barnstable to Truro | 81.9 | 5 |
125) Truro to Plymouth | 57.1 | 4 |
126) Plymouth to Torquay | 30.8 | 2 |
127) Torquay to Exeter | 22.7 | 2 |
128) Exeter to Weymouth | 56 | 4 |
129) Weymouth to Guernsey | 89.9 | 1 |
130) Guernsey to Jersey | 35 | 1 |
131) Jersey to Bournemouth | 125 | 1 |
132) Bournemouth to Isle of Wight | 32.2 | 2 |
133) Isle of Wight to Southampton | 17.3 | 1 |
134) Southampton to Salisbury | 22.5 | 2 |
135) Salisbury to Winchester | 23.3 | 2 |
136) Winchester to Portsmouth | 24.2 | 2 |
137) Portsmouth to Bognor Regis | 21 | 2 |
138) Bognor Regis to Worthing | 15.7 | 1 |
139) Worthing to Hove | 9.7 | 1 |
140) Hove to Horsham | 20.1 | 1 |
141) Horsham to Tunbridge Wells | 29.3 | 2 |
142) Tunbridge Wells to Eastbourne | 28.7 | 2 |
143) Eastbourne to Hastings | 16.8 | 1 |
144) Hastings to Ashford | 27.9 | 2 |
145) Ashford to Folkstone | 16.3 | 1 |
146) Folkstone to Canterbury | 16.7 | 1 |
147) Canterbury to Maidstone | 27.1 | 2 |
148) Maidstone to Medway | 9.2 | 1 |
149) Medway to Bexleyheath | 17.8 | 1 |
150) Bexleyheath to Bromley | 7.2 | 1 |
151) Bromley to Croydon | 9.5 | 1 |
152) Croydon to Reigate | 12.4 | 1 |
153) Reigate to Leatherhead | 8.3 | 1 |
154) Leatherhead to Kingston | 7.6 | 1 |
155) Kingston to Weybridge | 10.3 | 1 |
156) Weybridge to Slough | 13.1 | 1 |
157) Slough to Uxbridge | 6 | 1 |
158) Uxbridge to Amersham | 11.5 | 1 |
159) Amersham to Watford | 10.7 | 1 |
160) Watford to Harrow | 6.4 | 1 |
161) Harrow to Brent | 5.7 | 1 |
162) Brent to Ealing | 4.9 | 1 |
163) Ealing to Putney | 5.1 | 1 |
164) Putney to London Branch | 5.4 | 1 |
165) London Branch to Lewisham | 5.7 | 1 |
166) Lewisham to Enfield | 11.6 | 1 |
167) Enfield to Leyton | 6.8 | 1 |
168) Leyton to Ilford | 4.9 | 1 |
169) Ilford to Romford | 5.1 | 1 |
170) Romford to Basildon | 13 | 1 |
171) Basildon to Southend | 13.6 | 1 |
172) Southend to Chelmsford | 20.8 | 2 |
173) Chelmsford to Ware | 24.9 | 2 |
174) Ware to Hitchin | 16.7 | 1 |
175) Hitchin to Luton | 8.4 | 1 |
176) Luton to Milton Keynes | 19.7 | 1 |
177) Milton Keynes to Bedford | 16.9 | 1 |
178) Bedford to Northampton | 21 | 2 |
179) Northampton to Kettering | 14.1 | 1 |
180) Kettering to Leicester | 25.3 | 2 |
181) Leicester to Peterborough | 40.4 | 3 |
182) Peterborough to Cambridge | 36.2 | 3 |
183) Cambridge to Bury St. Edmunds | 28 | 2 |
184) Bury St. Edmunds to Colchester | 29.4 | 2 |
185) Colchester to Ipswich | 19.3 | 1 |
186) Ipswich to Lowestoft | 42.4 | 3 |
187) Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth | 10.2 | 1 |
188) Great Yarmouth to Norwich | 20.3 | 1 |
189) Norwich to Kings Lynn | 41.5 | 3 |
190) Kings Lynn to Boston | 32.1 | 2 |
191) Boston to Lincoln | 32.4 | 2 |
192) Lincoln to Grantham | 24.9 | 2 |
193) Grantham to Nottingham | 24.2 | 2 |
194) Nottingham to Derby | 15.4 | 1 |
195) Derby to Mansfield | 22.6 | 2 |
196) Mansfield to Chesterfield | 13 | 1 |
197) Chesterfield to Sheffield | 10.9 | 1 |
198) Sheffield to Rotherham | 7 | 1 |
199) Rotherham to Doncaster | 12.2 | 1 |
200) Festival Branch | ||
201) Correspondence Branch | ||
TOTAL | 6077.4 | 392 |