This is Nina's Dad's Itinerary page
(click to see the Itinerary or here for the original text in the Diary
The postcards are numbered in order of reaching Turnchapel)

revised 4th August 2003

Day 1, Sat 5 July, 1953: Plymouth-Weymouth via Exeter (UK) 150 Km
Day 2, Sun 6th July Weymouth-Jersey via Guernsey
Click Postcard 1
Day 3, Mon 7th July Jersey-St Malo (0830 sailing)
then to Domineuc (Brittany, France)
Click Postcard 2, Click Postcard 3
Day 4, Tuesday 8th July Domineuc-Bain de Bretagne via Rennes 60 Km
Click Postcard 4
Day 5, Weds 9th July Bain-de-Bretagne - Nantes (Loire Valley) 80 Km
Day 6, Thurs 10th July Nantes-Lucon via La Roche 90 Km
Day 7, Fri 11th July Lucon-Royan, La Rochelle and Rochefort 90 Km
Click Postcard 7
Day 8, Sat 12th July Royan area 15 Km

Click Postcard 5
Day 9, Sunday 13th July Royan-Bordeaux via Blaye 120 Km
Day 10, Mon 14th July Bordeaux-Agen (Canal de Midi) 80 Km
Day 11, Tues 15th July Agen-Moissac 80 Km
Day 12, Weds 16th July Moissac-Montauban region 40 Km
Day 13, Thurs 17th July Monteban-Villefranche via Toulouse 80 Km
Click Postcard 9
Day 14, Fri 18th July Villefranche-Narbonne via Carcassonne 90 Km
Click Postcard 8
Day 15, Sat 19th July Narbonne-Sete (Mediterraenean Sea) 80 Km
Day 16, Sun 20th July Sete-Nimes via Montpellier 80 Km
Day 17, Mon 21st July Nimes-Orange via Avignon 60 Km
Click Postcard 6
Day 18, Tues 22nd July Orange-Valence (Rhone river) 80 Km
Click Postcard 10
Day 19, Weds 23rd July Valence-Grenoble (Vercours mountain range) 110 Km
Day 20, Thurs 24th July Grenoble region 40 Km
Day 21, Fri 25th July Grenoble-Aix les Bains (Alps) 70 Km
Day 22, Sat 26th July Aix-les-Bains to Annecy 60 Km
Click Postcard 11 Click Postcard 12
Day 23, Sun 27th July Maison-Neuve area 0 Km!
Day 24, Mon 28th July Annecy-Geneva (Switzerland) 40 Km
Day 25, Tues 29th July Geneva-Orbe (Lac Leman) 80 Km
Day 26, Weds 30th July Orbe-Biel/Bienne 70 Km
Day 27, Thurs 31st July Biel-Basel 90 Km
Click Postcard 13
Day 28, Fri 1st Aug Basel-Freiberg (Germany) 70 Km
Day 29, Sat 2nd Aug Freiberg-Baden-Baden (Black Forest) 100 Km
Day 30, Sun 3rd Aug Baden-Baden to Heidelberg 90 Km
Day 31, Mon 4th Aug Heidelberg area 15 Km
Click Postcard 14
Day 32, Tues 5th Aug Heidelberg-Frankenstein via Mannheim 80 Km
Day 33, Weds 6th Aug Frankenstein-Saarbrucken 100 Km
Click Postcard 15
Day 34, Thurs 7th Aug Saarbrucken-Metz (France) 60 Km
Day 35, Fri 8th Aug Metz-Chalons en Champagne 140 Km
Day 36, Sat 9th Aug, Chalons-Meaux 100 Km
Day 37, Sun 10th Aug, Meaux-Paris 50 Km
Day 38, Mon 11th Aug, Paris area 0 Km!
Day 39, Tues 12th Aug, Paris-Abbeville 140 Km
Day 40, Weds 13th Aug, Abbeville-Le Torquet then Lydd-Romney Marsh (UK) Km
(Lydd Air flight, time 1730) 90 then 30 Km
Day 41, Thurs 14th Aug, Romney Marsh-Worthing via Brighton 110 Km
Day 42, Fri 15th Aug, Worthing- Bournemouth via Southampton 120 Km
Day 43, Sat 16th Aug, Bournemouth-Exeter 120 Km
Day 44, Sun 17th Aug, Exeter-Plymouth 60 Km

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  Leaving Turnchapel

click on the links below here to see the postcards

 1 & 2
Ferry
& Jersey

3
St Malo

4 : Les Lucs-sur-
Boulogne

5
Charente

6
Agen

7
La
Rochelle

8
Carcassonne

9
Saissac

10
Orange

11
Val des
Usses

12
Aix les
Bains

13
Basel

14
Heidelberg

15
Saarbrucken

16
The Plane

17
Hastings

18
Chichester

19
Bournemouth
           
           

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