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Okay I hope you are tempted to take part - remember you don't
have to do the whole tour or even a whole day. Do as many miles
as you like, or just meet up at one of the stops.
Day #1 - Liverpool to the Lakes (140m):
Photo opportunity at Speke on the site of the former factory 10:00
and then the  we
get the longest stretch of motorway/dual carriage way done with
early doors as we cover about 90miles of 3 lane carriageway to
get us to the Lake District.
Heading off from Kendall we'll pass lakes Windermere and Grassmere
on our way to Keswick... now excuse me for not being too enthralled
but I'll allow others to wander around the 'Pencil Museum'
(yes really) which houses the world's largest pencil (whoopee
do).
From Keswick the route winds around the B5289, along Honister
Pass, past both Buttermere & Crummock Water before taking
the Winlatter Pass back toward Keswick and the overnight stop;
having covered approx 145miles.
Day #2 - Lakes to South Yorkshire (315m):
Waving turrah to the lakes we steam
down the A66 to Brough and head off (still on the A66) to Barnard
Castle - I assume Barnard once had a castle there? I would research
it but it's taken long enough already to do this! Anyway we're
skirting the north of the Yorkshire Dales at this point. Egglestone
Abbey, the ruins of, lies along the Tees and would be worth a
quick stop, having done 60miles from Keswick some refreshments
may be required.
Running on the A6108 Middleham provides another castle ruin before
we get toMasham; at  which
point the Yorkshire Moors invites us across, via Thirsk, to just
nibble at the Southern point. The trip into York is via the B1363.
Concious of keeping on track it may be advisable to stay around
Goole which would be 170miles for the day and around 315 in total.
Day #3 - South Yorkshire to Norfolk coast (480m):
Similar to Day 1 there's some 3 lane black-top to start the day
- thankfully it's only 25miles or so, as we prepare to scythe
through Lincolnshire from North West to South East, touching on
Nottinghamshire in the process. And it's Nottinghamshire that
asks us for some cash as the River Trent is crossed at Dunham
Bridge.
Passing through Lincoln we head out toward Coningsby
RAF base and could also detour to see the only working Fen steam
engine at Dogdyke... being a Fen boy from the Isle of Eels I'm
a tad miffed that the engine is in Lincoln - better known to Wegista's
as the home of Rimmer Bros.
From Coningsby we continue South East to Boston (easy now our
friends from across the pond!) and around the Wash into Norfolk.
Along the Norfolk coast we pass the Sandringham Estate and the
many Burnham vilages are worthy of a visit - Burnham Thorpe being
the birth place of a certain Horatio Nelson, his ship 'The Victory'
was recycled into the church lecturn... obviously not the whole
ship or it'd be the biggest lecturn known to man! Incidentally
it was just outside Burnham Market where the co-pilot and I took
TRisha for her first run after her restoration in 1993.
The coast around Wells-next-the-Sea is a worthy resting place
having covered around 165miles on Day #3.
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