Leg 1 Sandwood Bay to Hobson 366 miles

Here is the first proposed leg of our virtual journey down Britain - Sandwood Bay in Scotland, to Hobson in Newcastle Upon Tyne

Just to be clear, we are not actually going to these places. We are going to walk different places and add up the miles to do the equivalent distance (although having googled Sandwood Bay, I wouldn't mind going there at all.)

Thank you to Kate, Jamie & Ben for our starting point and Jacqui, Ian, Bridget & Niamh for our first location!


Google map tells us it is 366 miles and just for your info, here are the directions! (You don't have to read them, just don't want you think we are cheating or something)

Boots are on, kendal mint cake in our pocket, and WE SET OFF TOMORROW MORNING!

Head southeast 0.8 mi; Turn right 0.2 mi; Turn left 381 ft; Turn right 1.2 mi; Sharp left toward B801 3.3 mi; Slight left at B801 0.6 mi; Slight right to stay on B801 3.7 mi; Turn right at A838 4.6 mi; Turn left to stay on A838 34.1 mi; Turn right to stay on A838 0.5 mi; Turn right at A836 13.0 mi Turn right to stay on A836 4.0 mi Slight right at B9176 12.4 mi Turn left to stay on B9176 2.7 mi Turn left to stay on B9176 184 ft Turn right at A9 Go through 3 roundabouts 126 mi At Inveralmond Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A9 heading to Stirling/Glasgow/Crianlarich/A85/Edinburgh/Dundee/M90 2.5 mi At Broxden Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto M90 heading to Aberdeen/Dundee/Edinburgh/Braemar/Blairgowrie/Co. Angus 2.5 mi Take the exit toward Edinburgh 0.8 mi Merge onto M90 26.4 mi Continue onto A90 (signs for Edinburgh) 4.6 mi Continue onto A8000 2.4 mi Take the ramp onto M9 1.9 mi At junction 2, exit onto M8 toward Edinburgh/A720 4.2 mi At Hermiston Jct, take the 3rd exit onto the A720 ramp to Edinburgh W/Kilmarnock/W Calder 0.2 mi Keep right at the fork, follow signs for A720 and merge onto A720 Go through 1 roundabout 10.7 mi Take the exit 0.2 mi At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A68 Go through 3 roundabouts Entering England 63.9 mi Turn right to stay on A68 Go through 1 roundabout 21.4 mi Slight left onto the A69/A68 ramp to Newcastle/Darlington 0.4 mi Merge onto A69 2.5 mi At Styford Roundabout, take the 4th exit onto A68 heading to Darlington/Riding Mill 1.5 mi At Broomhaugh Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A695 1.4 mi Turn right at B6309 5.8 mi Turn left at A694/Front St Continue to follow A694 2.4 mi Turn right at B6310 148 ft Turn left at B6310/Longclose Bank Continue to follow B6310 2.1 mi Turn right at Syke Rd 0.1 mi Slight right to stay on Syke Rd 148 ft Slight left to stay on Syke Rd 0.8 mi Turn left at A692/Front St 0.3 mi Turn right 269 ft Hobson Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, UK