Rob-n-Hild Take the High Road!
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The day came: It was time to explore more of the UK. Our northern-most point
was to be on Unst Island in Shetland. Not much else was planned from the start - so
the route just evolved as the days went by.
The map shows our entire route. Red lines show ferries, red dotted line shows flights,
blue line shows Rob driving, and yellow line shows Hild driving. Sometimes the blue
and yellow overlap because we switched driving there and back.
* Total 56 days away: 2 nights in a ferry, 11 with family, 12 in hotels, 25 camping in tent, 5 sleeping in Percy.
* We drove 5,491.4 km at an average speed of 60 km/h to a maximum altitude of 1,050 metres (in Norway).
* Hild drove 86 km further than Rob, but we kept the same average speed.
* Total fuel consumption: 5.42 litres per 100 km
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| May |
Home-Aberdeen
20 | 21 | 22
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Shetland
23 | 24 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31
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| Jun |
Shetland
01 | 02 | 03 |
04 | 05
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Aberdeen, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, Stirling
06 | 07 | 08 |
09 | 10 | 11 |
12
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Norway
13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23
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Aberdeen, Thurso, John O'Groats, Gairloch, Aultbea
24 | 25 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 |
30
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| Jul |
Islay, Glasgow
01 | 02 | 03 |
04
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Penrith, Hadrian's Wall, Grasmere (Lake District)
05 | 06 |
07 | 08 | 09
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Chester/Cheshire, and home again
10 | 11 | 12 |
13 | 14
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Hild's Favourite Experiences:
- Puffins on Hermaness
- Dragging lamb out of bog on Hermaness
- Sunny walk on Burra Isle West
- The good quality roads on Shetland (no potholes!)
- Meeting so many relatives in Scotland and England
- Not giving up the climb to the top of Ben Lomond
- Impulsive side-trip to Norway
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Rob's Favourite Experiences:
- Puffins on Hermaness
- Picnic lunch on Heugg Peninsula on Burra
- Never mind the width - feel the quality of roads on Shetland (not like the
British television sitcom 1967-1971: "Never mind the quality - feel the width")
- Tour of Bowmore Distillery on Isle of Islay.
- Cooking lamb steaks on camping stove for 30th wedding anniversary dinner
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