The routes all planned, I've worked out where all the places I'm staying in actually are (the Ramsgate Travelodge was particularly tough to find on a map), the technology has been tested (so I can blog when I'm away), got an app so I can shout at my phone and it'll take pictures hands-free in the car, just got to print the directions, clean the car, and actually pack my suitcase. So that's it really! Will update you tomorrow from Torquay.
What's that? Oh, I haven't done the plan for days 12 and 13. Well, I know where I'm going, but I should let you know too really shouldn't I?
Route for day 12: Great Yarmouth to Ramsgate
(215 miles, approx. 7 hours)
Day 12 starts by heading south out of Great Yarmouth towards Ipswich and across the epic Orwell Bridge. Through Colchester and bypassing Chelmsford there's then a lot of faffing around. In and out of Southend, through Thurrock and Grays and eventually onto the A282 to cross the Thames at Dartford. Yes, for the uneducated, the Dartford Crossing is not part of the M25, said motorway starts and finishes a little bit either side. It is tolled though, my last toll, bringing the total to 8. The total cost for them all is about £15. I've also realized that that Tamar bridge is free to get into Cornwall, which means I'm only paying 7 tolls. Which is enough really.
Through Gravesend, Rochester and Gillingham and then onto the A2, the final of the single-digit A-roads. This leads me through Sittingbourne and Faversham before heading north to Whitstable and Herne bay, through Margate and down to Ramsgate.
Route for day 13: Ramsgate to Worthing
(119.3 mi, approx. 4.5hours)
Easy day to end with. Down through Deal to Dover then Folkestone, then it's pretty much
A259
followed by
A259
the whole way back to Worthing. There's a little bit of A269 that is closer to the coast in Bexhill, but that's it.
Directions for day 12:
- A149 onto A12, follow through Lowestoft
- Follow A12 to Ipswich (A14)
- A14 across Orwell Bridge
- Junction after bridge, left onto A137
- Follow A137 into Colchester
- At double r/b, left A133 Clacton
- At magic roundabout, follow "Hythe" (lorries)
- Follow signs for A134, then A1124 Lexden
- Follow A1124 to A12
- A12 to Chelmsford
- At junction take A130
- At junction take A1245 Battlesbridge
- Left at roundabout onto A129
- Right then left at mrb for A1015
- Left onto A127
- Straight on at 2 r/b onto A1159
- Right onto A13, follow towards Thurrock
- At junction take A1089
- Off at junction for Chadwell, then left onto A126, Grays
- Follow A126, town centre then Purfleet
- A126 back to A13
- A282 across Thames
- Off at next junction, A206 Swanscombe
- Follow A226 to Gravesend
- Follow A226 Highham
- At roundabout, A289 Gillingham, follow, through tunnel
- Follow A289 back to A2
- A2 towards and through Sittingbourne
- After Faversham, A229 towards Whitstable
- Take A2290 through Whitstable, back to A229
- At Roundabout, A28 to Margate
- A255 Broadstairs
- Follow to Broadstairs, right before 20 zone
- Left at roundabout on to Ramsgate
Directions for Day 13:
- Back to A253
- Follow A253
- A229, A256 towards Dover
- At roundabout, A258 to Deal
- Follow A258 through Deal and then to Dover
- A2 to at Dover towards docks, then A20
- At Folkestone off at junction for A260 towards t/c
- Follow A260 and town centre
- Follow one-way and signs for A259 Hastings
- A259 to Worthing, A269 in and out of Bexhill
Maps:
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