Join us as we make our 5,108 mile real time drive by road, around the coastline of the United Kingdom. Full disclosure – we haven’t completed Northern Ireland yet but when we do we’ll add that to the total mileage.

The intention was to take the longest possible route, driving as close to the coast as possible and never using a Motorway! We tried to see as much of our coastline as we could.

The journey had some dark and drizzly days to begin with, but many were sunny and truly beautiful, especially the west coast of Scotland.

The journey took about 30 full days to complete. Our campervan ‘Minty’ served us very well; he is a 2005 Timberland Independence with a 2.8L Fiat Ducato manual gearbox.

In order to find the route closest to the coast we needed to use Google Maps, hence the constant verbal navigation by whomever wasn’t driving. Oh, and sorry about Bev’s occasional swearing!

On days 1 and 2 we learned that even in UK conditions the GoPro Hero 9 could not handle 4k and overheated a number of times, hence the occasional editing fades and the noise produced by the vents trying to cool the camera. We resolved this by changing to 1080p and had no further overheating and therefore very few edits.

I gave lots of thought to producing silent videos or to leave all voice and background noise in and unedited. If you don’t like our noise, please turn us down!

We had lockdowns, breakdowns, flat tyres, closed roads, golf courses, the occasional wrong turn and all manner of friendly disagreements but, overall, we loved the adventure.

It’s a long ride, so buckle up!!

Jon, Bev and Charlie

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Oscardewyldde has kindly assisted by making time and location markers for easier navigation throughout this video:

0:00:57 Trip starts
0:04:17 Rigg sign
0:08:13 Eastriggs sign
0:10:39 Dornock sign
0:12:34 Hollinlea sign
0:14:18 Annan sign
0:16:45 Annan Town Hall
0:17:39 Crosses the River Annan
0:22:41 Cummertrees sign
0:32:47 Ruthwell sign
0:43:14 Bankend sign
0:46:00 Shearington sign
0:52:14 View of River Nith estuary
0:54:16 Glencaple sign
0:57:21 Kelton sign
1:01:10 Kingholm Quay area
1:02:35 Harbour view
1:05:00 Dumfries area
1:06:04 St Michael’s church
1:06:50 Cross the River Nith
1:11:15 Islesteps sign
1:24:19 New Abbey sign
1:30:20 Drumburn area
1:32:52 Kirkbean sign
1:35:08 Prestonmill
1:37:02 Drumsriddle sign
1:39:37 Southwark area
1:39:52 Caulkerbush (Southwick) sign
1:44:05 Sandy Hills sign
1:47:37 Colvend sign
1:51:27 Barnbarroch sign
1:55:04 Dalbeattie sign
1:58:02 Bridge over River Urr
2:02:20 Palnackie area
2:08:18 Auchencairn sign
2:28:30 Dundrennan area
2:36:39 Mutehill sign
2:39:07 Kirkcudbright sign
2:41:04 Crosses the River Dee
2:42:23 The Stell sign
2:47:00 View of the Mull of Ross and Little Ross island
2:52:12 Brogue sign
2:52:48 Brogue sign (second)
3:08:00 Carrick Bay area
3:11:30 Carrick Bay Beach- tide is out.
3:22:34 Gatehouse of Fleet sign
3:26:04 Cardoness Castle (RHS)
3:28:31 View of Big water of Fleet
3:32:56 Kirkdale area
3:35:20 Carsluith Castle
3:35:35 Carsluith sign
3:38:29 Creetown sign
3:43:55 Blackcraig sign
3:44:57 Newtown Stewart area
3:55:49 Wigtown sign
3:59:09 Bladnoch sign
4:01:33 Braehead sign
4:02:37 Kirkinner Sign
4:09:20 Garlieston sign
4:22:52 Isle of Whithorn sign
4:23:19 Harbour view
4:29:32 Blaeseaton sign
4:35:30 Monreith sign
4:36:29 View of Luce Bay near Barsalloch Fort
4:37:57 Barsalloch Fort sign
4:39:45 Port William sign
4:52:49 Auchenmalg area.

Copying problems again. I fixed most of the problems. Source: signs as per road signage when spot it! Areas are per online maps and old maps. Some tourist attractions and interesting buildings are included. I am working backwards to where the lists stick in the comments section.