Four daringly intrepid adventurers are making the final preparations for a journey of such bold enterprise that it boggles the mind just to contemplate ...
Into the land of King Arthur, Robin Hood, Leprechauns, faeries, William Wallace and Richard Burton these brave souls will venture with nothing more than their collective wits, a GPS or two, some well worn maps and travel guides, as regular as possible connection to the internet, a couple of netbooks, some smartphones, a willingness to depend on the kindness of strangers and the clear knowledge that people generally make allowances for the aged and infirm ...
And so ... on September 14 in the year of our Lord 2010 ... Linda, Carolyn, Woodie and Bade will cheerfully depart San Antonio aboard American Airlines flight 1057 connecting to AA Flight 80 and wing our way across the great pond to jolly old England ... we will be in Great Britain for approximately three weeks, returning home on October 6.
Our 'general' travel plan is to rent a car at Heathrow and drive in a huge loop from London, stopping over for a few days in the Cotswolds just West and North of London doing some site seeing in the area, then drive up through Wales and cross over to Ireland via ferry. We will spend several days driving around the highpoints of Ireland and then depart from Belfast again via ferry to Scotland. A short couple of days driving in Southern Scotland and then heading back down towards London. A few days in London to see the sites and then fly back home.
That's "the plan" ... some of our arrangements are already made and some we intend to make "as we journey along", hoping to have some flexibility in the sojourn to allow for 'interesting discoveries' we might encounter along the way.
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