A real time drive around the coastline of the United Kingdom - Day 9

Join us as we make our 5,108 mile real time drive by road, around the coastline of the United Kingdom. Full disclosure – we haven’t completed Northern Ireland yet but when we do we’ll add that to the total mileage.

The intention was to take the longest possible route, driving as close to the coast as possible and never using a Motorway! We tried to see as much of our coastline as we could.

The journey had some dark and drizzly days to begin with, but many were sunny and truly beautiful, especially the west coast of Scotland.

The journey took about 30 full days to complete. Our campervan ‘Minty’ served us very well; he is a 2005 Timberland Independence with a 2.8L Fiat Ducato manual gearbox.

In order to find the route closest to the coast we needed to use Google Maps, hence the constant verbal navigation by whomever wasn’t driving. Oh, and sorry about Bev’s occasional swearing!

On days 1 and 2 we learned that even in UK conditions the GoPro Hero 9 could not handle 4k and overheated a number of times, hence the occasional editing fades and the noise produced by the vents trying to cool the camera. We resolved this by changing to 1080p and had no further overheating and therefore very few edits.

I gave lots of thought to producing silent videos or to leave all voice and background noise in and unedited. If you don’t like our noise, please turn us down!

We had lockdowns, breakdowns, flat tyres, closed roads, golf courses, the occasional wrong turn and all manner of friendly disagreements but, overall, we loved the adventure.

It’s a long ride, so buckle up!!

Jon, Bev and Charlie

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Oscardewyldde has kindly assisted by making time and location markers for easier navigation throughout this video:

Day 9: Silverdale, Lancashire to Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. 183 miles.

0:01:15 Entered Cumbria in the Silverdale Beach area
0:05:09 Arnside sign
0:07:32 River Kent estuary and Arndale viaduct
0:10:35 Sandside sign
0:11:41 Milnthorpe Sands view
0:14:34 Milnthorpe sign
0:17:35 Heversham sign (village on the RHS)
0:20:49 Levens sign
0:25:03 Foulshaw sign
0:26:44 Millshead area
0:27:39 Beck Head area
0:34:30 Meathop area
0:38:46 Cross the River Winster
0:40:25 Grand Cumbria Hotel in distance.
0:41:10 Grange-Over-Sands sign
0:50:03 Flookburgh sign
0:51:48 Cark area
1:01:27 Haverthwaite sign
1:08:00 Arrad Foot area
1:09:08 Newland sign
1:10:13 Ulverston sign
1:15:25 Bardsea area
1:19:31 Baycliff sign
1:21:26 Aldingham area
1:24:14 Newbiggin area
1:26:59 Roosebeck sign
1:29:17 Rampside sign
1:32:25 Barrow-in-Furness sign
1:36:52 St George church
1:44:19 Ormsgill (suburb of Barrow) sign
1:51:32 Askam-in-Furness sign
1:52:06 Askam and Ireleth sign
1:59:49 Soutergate sign
2:01:00 Kirby-in-Furness sign
2:02:50 Wall End area
2:05:26 Grizebeck sign
2:11:45 Foxfield sign
2:13:57 Broughton-in-Furness sign
2:17:15 Cross River Duddon
2:21:56 Hallthwaites area
2:22:25 The Green sign
2:24:04 The Hill sign
2:27:50 Millom sign
2:32:45 Haverigg area
2:45:52 Depart beach site at Haverigg
2:53:38 Kirksanton area
2:53:59 Black Combe (600m)
2:54:41 Silecroft sign
2:57:00 Whitbeck sign
3:00:56 Bootle sign
3:07:46 Stubb Place beach area
3:14:35 Newbiggin area
3:16:22 Waberthwaite area
3:17:56 Broad Oak area
3:18:30 Muncaster Fell (227m)
3:20:51 River Esk bridge
3:24:01 Ravenglass area
3:26:50 Saltcoats area
3:27:34 Holmrook sign
3:29:19 Drigg sign
3:41:27 Gosforth area
3:43:44 New Mill area
3:45:07 Calderbridge sign
3:45:39 Bridge over River Calder
3:48:23 Beckermet sign
3:52:22 Braystones Tower (folly?)
3:52:26 Braystones sign
3:56:04 Nethertown sign
4:04:17 St Bees area
4:08:15 Train crosses road
4:09:35 Priory church of St Mary and St Bega
4:11:18 Rottington sign
4:16:16 Sandwith sign
4:20:35 Kells area
4:22:20 Whitehaven area
4:30:47 Parton area
4:35:03 Lillyhall area
4:35:56 Workington sign
4:36:30 High Harrington sign
4:39:20 Salterbeck area
4:49:45 Flimby sign
4:52:40 Maryport sign
5:00:18 Mile Fortlet 21 (Roman Monument)
5:03:32 Allonby sign
5:08:48 Mawbray sign
5:11:05 Beckfoot sign
5:14:38 Blitterlees sign
5:21:26 Skinburness sign
5:27:39 Calvo sign
5:31:48 Abbeytown sign
5:33:56 Kelsick area
5:40:01 Newton Arlosh sig
5:50:10 Anthorn sign
5:55:46 Cardurnock sign
6:07:16 Port Carlisle sign
6:09:29 Glasson area
6:12:17 Drumburgh sign
6:16:56 Longburgh area
6:17:51 Burgh-by-Sands
6:21:53 Monkhill sign
6:23:11 Kirkandrews-on-Eden sign
6:32:46 Rockcliffe sign
6:37:29 Floristonrigg area
6:41:17 England-Scotland border on the Bridge over the River Sark
6:41:22 Scotland sign/Old Toll Bar
6:41:24 Dumfries and Galloway county sign
6:41:35 Gretna sign.

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