American family who have never left the US before leave Britons baffled with ‘mad’ plan for a 7-day UK holiday – including travelling from Cornwall to London to Penrith in one day
- The anonymous man from Midwestern America is touring the UK for one week
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An American family planning a holiday in the UK have left Britons astounded with their incredibly ambitious itinerary over the course of seven days.
Taking to Reddit, a woman in her fifties from the Midwest shared her extensive travel plans with her husband and two children, for what will be their first time travelling overseas.
The ‘mad’ one-week trip begins with the group flying into Newcastle airport before taking on a very hectic week across Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Lake District, Cornwall and London, to name a few stops.
The family intend to rent a car and travel to the highest and lowest points of the country despite planning to drive back to their timeshare property in Cumbria most evenings.
Reddit users were stunned by ambitious adventures, but numerous people have urged the family to reconsider their plans for fear that they’ll spend the entirety of their trip in the car.
Brits are shocked after reading an American family’s itinerary for a week long holiday to the UK- which involves one day trips for Cornwall from Cumbria
Taking to a UK travel forum, the Reddit user explained that she and her husband are taking their children, who are 23 and 18, on holiday for a week.
The family are flying into Newcastle Airport, where they will rent a Hyundai Tuscon and their journey will kick off with a 72-mile drive to Penrith, taking around 90 minues.
She shared the plan for their first day, writing: ‘Saturday – arrival, drive to time share, shop for incidentals, rest.’
The full itinterary for 6 days in the UK
Day 1: Newcastle to Penrith
Day 2: Penrith to Lake District
Day 3: Penrith to Glasgow and Edinburgh
Day 4: Penrith to Cornwall
Day 5: Cornwall to London to Penrith
Day 6: Penrith to Stonehenge
Day 7: Penrith to Newcastle
On the Sunday they plan to explore the Lake District, which should not be too onerous, although some parts are an hour’s drive away.
‘Sunday – drive around Lake District get familiar driving on the opposite side of the road, seeing some sights but no strict agenda,’ she said.
On the Monday she’s planning to drive 116 miles to Glasgow, which will take just under two hours, and then potentially drive for another hour and 15 minutes to reach Edinburgh, which is 46 miles away, before heading back to Penrith.
That would mean another two and a half hours in the car and 119 miles on the road.
‘Monday – Drive to Scotland, attempt to visit Glasgow and Edinburgh…Maybe just Glasgow. Maybe take a train instead? What do you think?’ she said.
Despite potentially spending almost six hours in the car on the Monday, the family have an equally hectic trip planned for the next day by driving almost 400 miles to Cornwall – a trip taking more than 6 hours and 30 minutes.
‘Tuesday/Wednesday – Husband and I are driving to Polperro Cornwall for hotel stay overnight. Train to Bodmin Parkway/Taxi to Polperro instead? Kids make their own plans,’ she said.
At least they will have one night in a hotel to recover because Thursday invovles another gruelling itinterary – a day trip to London.
‘Thursday – Take a train to and from London. Got tickets for GoldenTours 1 Day hop on hop off bus tour. See what we can, try to make it to the most iconic stops,’ she said.
However, it’s unclear how they will be able to take in any sights given it’s a half hour drive to the train station from Polperro, followed by a journey of 4 hours 26 minutes from Liskeard to London.
The anonymous man revealed that the trip would be the family of four’s first time travelling overseas
The day will be topped off by a four hour train journey back to Penrith. However, at least they have left the Friday free to see how they’re feeling.
‘Friday – open. Rest if exhausted or try to see Stonehenge or a castle if ambitious,’ the woman wrote. ‘Saturday – Day of departure,’ the tourist wrote.
Finally, she asked others what they thought of the schedule: ‘What do you think of the itinerary? Enough? Not enough? Too much?’
Hundreds of Britons took to the comment section to share their thoughts on the travel plans, and many branded them ludicrous.
One said: ‘The only thing you’re going to see with that itinerary is the inside of your hire car.
‘Most egregious are the the drive to Cornwall from Penrith for one night, and the attempt to do most of the same journey on Friday as a day trip.
‘There’s plenty to do in the Lake District for a week without any of the rest.’
A second person agreed and wrote: ‘Dear God No! That amount of travel is just not doable. The Lake District is lovely but not a base to see London or Cornwall.
‘I mean just use Google Maps and see how long it will take you to drive these places. You’ll only see our motorways. And traffic jams. Lots of them.’
A third sarcastically joked: ‘Quick trip to Paris from London could definitely be squeezed in.’
A fourth added: ‘I actually laughed out loud. You’re not planning on seeing anything when you get to these places are you?’
Another wrote: ‘This is one of the most mad itineraries I have ever seen.’
A sixth added: ‘I’m just going to leave another comment in the hope you see it and consider it.
‘Please listen to us. We don’t want you to have a bad time and ruin a trip you’re clearly very excited about.
‘You can have an idyllic experience, and do all the things you’ve mentioned, if you scale things back. If you don’t, you won’t have that experience.’
The woman took things in good spirits though, and returned with an update to her post.
‘Thank you for everyone who took the time to share their thoughts,’ she said. ‘So many cautions about driving conditions, I’m definitely considering that as a bigger impediment. Weather will play the biggest role in some of these decisions.
‘Polperro hotel and bus tour in London are refundable up to a week before the visit so I’ll watch the weather. Definitely reserving Sunday, Monday, and Friday as open to whatever, making a list of possible destinations.
‘Jet lag, weather, etc will determine. When we get to our destination, we’ll ask some locals for their advice.
‘Time will tell, the plan will work or it won’t. We’re going to stay flexible and try to maintain a sense of humor and sense of wonder. I’m looking forward to the adventure, hoping for the best but accepting of the reality it won’t go to plan and we’ll have to adjust.’
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