Here is a detailed itinerary of every day of our walk. Enjoy!
May 15
Depart YVR 6:20 p.m.
May 16
Arrive LHR 11:40 a.m., train to Exeter
May 17
Tour Exeter cathedral, train to Barnstaple
Herton Farm B&B
May 18 – Day 1
Traveller’s blessing prayer with Simon May, vicar of Trinity
Church, Barnstaple
Walk Tarka Trail to West Buckland (10 miles)
Huxtable Farm B&B
May 19 – Day 2
Walk Tarka Trail to Challacombe (11.25 miles)
Twitchen Farm B&B
May 20 – Day 3
Walk Tarka Trail to Lynmouth (12 miles)
Hillside House B&B
May 21 – Day 4
Rest day in Lynmouth if weather is poor; otherwise “Lorna
Doone” walk to Badgworthy valley, Brendon Common & Watersmeet (10 miles?)
Hillside House B&B
May 22 – Day 5
Walk Southwest Coast Path to Porlock via Culbone & Ash
Farm, where Coleridge wrote “Kubla Khan” before being interrupted by “a person
from Porlock”! (13 miles)
Myrtle Cottage B&B
May 23 – Day 6
Walk to Dunster via Selworthy & Minehead (10.5 miles)
Higher Orchard B&B
May 24 – Day 7
Tour Dunster & Dunster Castle in morning then walk to
Washford; keep Ken away from Torre Cider Farm! (6.5 miles)
White Horse Inn
May 25 – Day 8
Tour Cleeve Abbey (Cistercian) then walk to Holford via
Quantock Hills & Alfoxden House, where the Wordsworths stayed (9.5 miles)
Glen Close B&B
May 26 – Day 9
Walk in Quantocks to Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey, where
Coleridges lived (4.5 miles)
Merrywood B&B
May 27 – Day 10
Walk from Nether Stowey to Cossington on the Somerset Levels
(13.5 miles)
Brookhayes Farm B&B
May 28 – Day 11
Walk—for a very long time—across Somerset Levels to Wells;
rest sore feet in the waters? (17 miles)
Magdalene Cottage B&B
May 29 – Day 12
Rest day in Wells; visit Wells Cathedral, Vicar’s Close,
Bishop’s Palace
Magdalene Cottage B&B
May 30 – Day 13
Walk East Mendip Way to Nunney (14 miles)
Penny’s Mill B&B
May 31 – Day 14
Walk Monarch’s Way & Stour Valley Way to Bourton via
Stourhead Gardens (10 miles)
9 New Close B&B
June 1 – Day 15
Walk to West Knoyle via Stourhead Gardens (8.5 miles)
Manor Farm B&B
June 2 – Day 16
Walk to Dinton via Orange Way with afternoon tea at Howard’s
House Hotel, Teffont Evias (12 miles)
Marshwood Farm B&B
June 3 – Day 17
Walk to Salisbury via Wilton (tour Wilton House &
Italianate Church?); meet Susan at B&B in Salisbury (10.5 miles)
Cathedral View B&B
June 4 – Day 18
Rest day with Susan in Salisbury; tour Salisbury museums and
cathedral; attend Tallis Scholars concert at cathedral in evening
Spire House B&B
June 5 – Day 19
Rest day with Susan in Salisbury; tour Stonehenge and Old
Sarum? Evensong at cathedral?
Spire House B&B
June 6 – Day 20
Walk Clarendon Way to Kings Somborne with Susan, HALFWAY
POINT OF WALK! (14 miles)
Butcher’s End B&B
June 7 – Day 21
Walk Clarendon Way to Winchester with Susan; take Wayfarer’s
Dole at Hospital of St. Cross & tour Winchester College or Cathedral,
evensong at Winchester Cathedral (9 miles)
Magdalen House B&B
June 8 – Day 22
Tour Winchester Cathedral in morning? Walk St. Swithun’s Way
with Susan to New Alresford (9 miles)
Haygarth B&B
June 9 – Day 23
Walk St. Swithun’s Way with Susan to Alton; tour Jane
Austen’s House, Chawton, if time (13 miles)
Swan Hotel
June 10 – Day 24
Walk St. Swithun’s Way with Susan to Farnham (11 miles)
1 Park Row B&B
June 11 – Day 25
See Susan off at Farnham Rail Station, walk North Downs Way
to Compton—tour Watts Museum, Chapel, Compton Church? (10 miles)
Lavender’s B&B
June 12 – Day 26
Walk North Downs Way to Ranmore Common (14 miles)
Tanner’s Hatch Youth Hostel
June 13 – Day 27
Walk North Downs Way to Merstham via Box Hill; train to
Richard & Cathi’s at Tonbridge (11.5 miles)
Richard & Cathi’s
June 14 – Day 28
Train back to Merstham; walk North Downs Way to Clacket Lane
near Westerham (10 miles)
Days Inn
June 15 – Day 29
Walk Greensand Way to meet Richard & Cathi at Sevenoaks
Weald via Chartwell House, home of Winston Churchill (9.5 miles)
Richard & Cathi’s
June 17 – Day 30
Walk Greensand Way with Richard & Cathi (and Isabelle)
from Sevenoaks Weald and back to tour Knole House (5 miles)
Richard & Cathi’s
June 17 – Day 31
Train to Sevenoaks Rail Station (with Cathi?), meet Shirley
& Pat, and then walk Greensand Way to Borough Green Rail Station via Knole
House and Ightham Mote House; train back to Tonbridge (8.5 miles)
Richard & Cathi’s
June 18 – Day 32
Say goodbye to Richard & Cathi, then train to Borough
Green Rail Station; walk North Downs Way to Leather Bottle Inn (Dickens
assocations), Cobham
Leather Bottle Inn
June 19 – Day 33
Walk to Rochester via Gadshill (Dickens’ House), tour
Rochester castle & cathedral if time; evensong at Rochester Cathedral (10
miles?)
Medway Little Townhouse B&B
June 20 – Day 34
Walk North Downs Way to Eyhorne Street near Hollingbourne
(16.5 miles)
Woodhouses B&B
June 21 – Day 35
Walk North Downs Way to Boughton Lees (14.5 miles)
East Glebe B&B
June 22 – Day 36
Walk North Downs Way to Chilham via Godmersham Park, with
Austen family assocations (7.2 miles)
Bagham Farmhouse B&B
June 23 – Day 37
Walk North Downs Way to Canterbury, meet clergy at
Canterbury Cathedral for pilgrimage thanksgiving service; attend evensong (7.5
miles)
Travelodge Canterbury Centre
June 24 – Day 38
Rest Day in Canterbury; tour Canterbury Heritage Museum and
Roman Museum
Travelodge Canterbury Centre
June 25 – Day 39
Walk North Downs Way, for a very, very long time, and limp
in to St. Margaret’s-at-Cliffe; soak feet at B&B (19.5 miles, ouch!)
Holm Oaks B&B
June 26 – Day 40, The Last Day
Walk Saxon Shore Way along White Cliffs to Dover; cry & celebrate
at finish at Harbor Esplanade (4 miles)
Churchill House B&B
June 27
If up to it, tour Dover Castle & Roman Painted House in
morning; train to London in afternoon & perhaps dinner with friends in
evening
Easyhotel Paddington
June 28
Depart Heathrow 10:25 a.m., arrive Vancouver 11:55 a.m.
(boy, that plane is fast!); retrieve car and drive home.
FINIS
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