https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/tag/road-trip/ Travel tales, photography and a dash of humor Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:33:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/7-day-north-coast-500-camping-itinerary/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/7-day-north-coast-500-camping-itinerary/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2018 10:22:12 +0000 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/?p=17048 One of our favourite road trips in the UK is the North Coast 500 – a driving route that loops around the far north of Scotland, taking in fantastic scenery, gorgeous castles, and loads of attractions. It’s rapidly becoming billed as one of the best road trips in the world, and for good reason! We’ve…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/7-day-north-coast-500-camping-itinerary/feed/ 62 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/north-coast-500-highlights/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/north-coast-500-highlights/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:30:00 +0000 Spanning a fabulous 500 miles around Scotland’s northern coast, the relatively recently launched North Coast 500 road trip is already being lauded as one of the world’s finest drives. As we’re huge fans of road trips, and this one is practically in our back yard, naturally Jess and I took the opportunity to hit the…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/north-coast-500-highlights/feed/ 34 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/usa-deep-south-road-trip-itinerary/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/usa-deep-south-road-trip-itinerary/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2017 05:44:00 +0000 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/usa-deep-south-road-trip-itinerary/ One of the trips in the US that we had always wanted to do was a “Deep South” road trip. We think the USA is the perfect country for road tripping in, and we’ve already done a number of road trips here, including iconic Route 66, the Pacific Coast Highway, and the Oregon Trail. The…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/usa-deep-south-road-trip-itinerary/feed/ 60 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/tips-for-driving-in-usa/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/tips-for-driving-in-usa/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:48:00 +0000 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/tips-for-driving-in-usa/ Exploring the USA by road is definitely one of the best ways to experience everything this incredible country has to offer. From exploring a state like California, to taking a classic road trip like Route 66, or just thoroughly exploring a section of the Pacific Coast Highway – hitting the open road in the US…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/tips-for-driving-in-usa/feed/ 56 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/two-week-california-road-trip-itinerary/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/two-week-california-road-trip-itinerary/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:47:00 +0000 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/two-week-california-road-trip-itinerary/ The United States is pretty much the perfect country to road trip in, with great roads, cheap gas and hundreds of gorgeous destinations to choose from. It’s no wonder that a California road trip is on many visitors to-do lists! We’ve taken a number of fantastic US road trips, including Route 66, the Pacific Coast…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/two-week-california-road-trip-itinerary/feed/ 122 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/uk-itinerary-one-week-road-trip/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/uk-itinerary-one-week-road-trip/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2016 12:24:00 +0000 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/uk-itinerary-one-week-road-trip/ Following on from my two week UK itinerary post, I wanted to put together a slightly shorter itinerary for those of you with less time, but who still wanted to explore more of the UK than the capital city. And so, I present, our suggested itinerary for one week in the UK. The idea of this…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/uk-itinerary-one-week-road-trip/feed/ 69 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/a-month-in-new-zealandmy-perfect/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/a-month-in-new-zealandmy-perfect/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:37:00 +0000 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/a-month-in-new-zealandmy-perfect/ I spent a very happy year living, working and road tripping around New Zealand, and in that time I got to see quite a fair bit of what this magnificent country has to offer. But what if you don’t have a year? What if you’ve got a more normal holiday period set aside for your…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/a-month-in-new-zealandmy-perfect/feed/ 31 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/two-weeks-in-ukmy-perfect-itinerary/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/two-weeks-in-ukmy-perfect-itinerary/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:52:00 +0000 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/two-weeks-in-ukmy-perfect-itinerary/ If you are looking for a two week UK itinerary which includes Ireland, you have come to the right place. This UK road trip itinerary has you starting in London, and using a rental car as the transportation method. It covers some of our highlights in the UK, including cities, castles, and stunning natural scenery.…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/two-weeks-in-ukmy-perfect-itinerary/feed/ 223 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/six-weeks-in-australia-itinerary-from/ https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/six-weeks-in-australia-itinerary-from/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:14:00 +0000 https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/six-weeks-in-australia-itinerary-from/ In this post, the second on travelling to Australia for around six weeks, I propose an itinerary for travellers starting their adventure in Sydney. This is partly to answer a question posed to me recently by some friends who are doing this very thing, and secondly because I think it’s a fairly common trip to…]]> https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/six-weeks-in-australia-itinerary-from/feed/ 2