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03/9/2016 at 11:23pm
Location: Essex coast living on a boat!
Outfit: Vango Stargrove 600xl
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Not mad at all, purplebean, last summer we went from Bedford to Cornwall, then all the way up to Glencoe, then on to the isle of Skye, then Gairloch and finally back home all the way to Bedford, perfectly normal in my book...  
Jane.
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Enjoying life beyond kids, new love, living on a boat and a new lease of life in my mid 50s! Never too old to reinvent yourself.....
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04/9/2016 at 7:40am
Location: Isle of Mull
Outfit: 2 x Outwells Kairos 400 Caranex
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Nope, Purplebean, almost every w/end trip for me involves 6+ hour trips. Go for it!
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04/9/2016 at 11:21am
Location: Manchester
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This year we went from home (Manchester) to Cornwall for a week then back up to Oxfordshire for the second part of our holiday with a family sized 6 man tent & full kit.
We packed everything away, left Cornwall at 10am, arrived in Oxfordshire about 6 hours later (held up due to an accident at Bristol) & put it all back up again.
Apart from being held up the drive in the middle was fine as we were still relaxed & in holiday mode. Packing away in Cornwall was quick - we weren't worried about everything being in the right place because it was all going back up a few hours later. And putting everything back up was easy.
We'd definitely do it again. A week's all action & loads of activities followed by total relaxation all in one holiday.
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04/9/2016 at 10:54pm
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Yes, PB, ferries involved. Despite extra mileage, I tend to use Fishnish - Lochaline (16 minutes) and Corran (5 mins), both non-bookable, than Craignure (book in half an hour beforehand) and a 46 minute crossing. I also almost without failure find myself on the last line to get off the ferry in Oban so end up crawling all the way through to Crianlarich!
Like your lists, careful consultation of the timetable, weather, planned roadworks, footie matches (if heading via Glasgow) and rush hours, both Glasgow and Edinburgh, are vital for me both ways - remember I'm stuck with a ferry deadline at the other end. No m-ways until I hit Stirling if heading SE or the Erskine Bridge if heading to D&G or Carlisle and whichever route there's a lot of slow sections before the motorway. So, whether Oban or Corran, I work on 2.5 hours (without stops, say 2.45 with) to the Erskine bridge and 3 to Stirling.I may be lucky and do it in less, but not in the main tourist season. You can do this, with your planning skills (I'm renowned for ALWAYS forgetting something!!)
tentaddict - awesome respect! Decades ago (before A1M) did NE corner of Essex to Edinburgh in a oner but much younger and had the incentive that my Dad had been seriously injured - he made it and lived another 20 odd years, passing away at 97. I would not deal with that trip now!
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