England trip 2012 - map

My proposed itinerary. It didn't work out this way - almost but not quite. Number 5 was dropped, as I'd half-expected, and 6 and 7 were reversed. I changed my return flight and stayed an extra three weeks.

The purpose of this trip was not as much for 'fun', except in a way to keep me interested in life, as it was a method for trying to cope with the devastating loss of the love of my life, Glenn. Someone aptly called it a pilgrimage. Described by Wikipedia as 'a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance', it fits to a T. There was a sense of going back to my roots, to the home of my ancestors. Ancestry research was a good focal point for me on this (mostly) solo journey.