Mildly interesting; how many different locations (cities, towns or villages) have I stayed overnight at least once in mainland UK? See below...
I had a couple of spare hours on my hand and rather than do something productive such as cleaning the filters in my washing machine, vac etc I decided to map out how many unique places I had a stayed overnight in.
The rules I gave myself are only one map point per place even if I'd stayed there in different areas (so only one for London, Birmingham etc) and I'd had to have slept overnight there.
No doubt I've missed a handful of places most likely from my childhood as my memory can only go so far.
I grew up in the Midlands so no surprise with the cluster there. I haven't missed Northern Ireland off, I just haven't been there.
Main reasons for staying at these places were attending sports events, weddings, holidays/weekends away, work, relationships, viewing houses, visiting friends, hiking/camping as well of course living in a few different areas.
Other than NI the biggest gaps are the north of Scotland, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District, all of which I hope to rectify in the coming years. Also oddly there's a large corridor from the wash to the cotswolds that's unblemished; I have been to a few places in that area, just never stayed overnight.
I had a couple of spare hours on my hand and rather than do something productive such as cleaning the filters in my washing machine, vac etc I decided to map out how many unique places I had a stayed overnight in.
The rules I gave myself are only one map point per place even if I'd stayed there in different areas (so only one for London, Birmingham etc) and I'd had to have slept overnight there.
No doubt I've missed a handful of places most likely from my childhood as my memory can only go so far.
I grew up in the Midlands so no surprise with the cluster there. I haven't missed Northern Ireland off, I just haven't been there.
Main reasons for staying at these places were attending sports events, weddings, holidays/weekends away, work, relationships, viewing houses, visiting friends, hiking/camping as well of course living in a few different areas.
Other than NI the biggest gaps are the north of Scotland, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District, all of which I hope to rectify in the coming years. Also oddly there's a large corridor from the wash to the cotswolds that's unblemished; I have been to a few places in that area, just never stayed overnight.