This page is about the route that Roy and Gordon took in 1953. Firstly there's the itinerary itself as a table which shows you the places and the distances from place to place. Below that, there's a map of the route, taken from one of the entries in the diary. If you click the map, you can view a huge version of it, where the text is easier to read.
| Day | Date | Journey | Km (approx) |
| 1 | Sat 5 July | Plymouth- Weymouth via Exeter (UK) | 150 |
| 2 | Sun 6th July | Weymouth- Jersey via Guernsey (Condor ferries sailing 0715) | 0 |
| 3 | Mon 7th July | Jersey- St Malo (0830 sailing)- then to Domineuc (Brittany, France) | 40 |
| 4 | Tuesday 8th July | Domineuc- Bain de Bretagne via Rennes | 60 |
| 5 | Weds 9th July | Bain-de-Bretagne -Nantes (Loire Valley) | 80 |
| 6 | Thurs 10th July | Nantes- Lucon via La Roche | 90 |
| 7 | Fri 11th July | Lucon-Royan via La Rochelle and Rochefort | 90 |
| 8 | Sat 12th July | Royan area | 15 |
| 9 | Sunday 13th July | Royan-Bordeaux via Blaye | 120 |
| 10 | Mon 14th July | Bordeaux- Agen (Canal de Midi) | 80 |
| 11 | Tues 15th July | Agen- Moissac | 80 |
| 12 | Weds 16th July | Moissac- Montauban region | 40 |
| 13 | Thurs 17th July | Monteban- Villefranche via Toulouse | 80 |
| 14 | Fri 18th July | Villefranche-Narbonne via Carcassonne | 90 |
| 15 | Sat 19th July | Narbonne- Sete (Mediterraenean Sea) | 80 |
| 16 | Sun 20th July | Sete- Nimes via Montpellier | 80 |
| 17 | Mon 21st July | Nimes-Orange via Avignon | 60 |
| 18 | Tues 22nd July | Orange-Valence (Rhone river) | 80 |
| 19 | Weds 23rd July | Valence- Grenoble (Vercours mountain range) | 110 |
| 20 | Thurs 24th July | Grenoble region | 40 |
| 21 | Fri 25th July | Grenoble-Aix les Bains (Alps) | 70 |
| 22 | Sat 26th July | Aix-les-Bains- Annecy | 60 |
| 23 | Sun 27th July | Maison-Neuve area | 0 |
| 24 | Mon 28th July | Annecy- Geneva (Switzerland) | 40 |
| 25 | Tues 29th July | Geneva-Orbe (Lac Leman) | 80 |
| 26 | Weds 30th July | Orbe-Biel/Bienne | 70 |
| 27 | Thurs 31st July | Biel- Basel | 90 |
| 28 | Fri 1st Aug | Basel- Freiberg (Germany) | 70 |
| 29 | Sat 2nd Aug | Freiberg-Baden-Baden (Black Forest) | 100 |
| 30 | Sun 3rd Aug | Baden-Baden- Heidelberg | 90 |
| 31 | Mon 4th Aug | Heidelberg area | 15 |
| 32 | Tues 5th Aug | Heidelberg-Frankenstein via Mannheim | 80 |
| 33 | Weds 6th Aug | Frankenstein- Saarbrucken | 100 |
| 34 | Thurs 7th Aug | Saarbrucken- Metz (France) | 60 |
| 35 | Fri 8th Aug | Metz- Chalons en Champagne | 140 |
| 36 | Sat 9th Aug | Chalons- Meaux | 100 |
| 37 | Sun 10th Aug | Meaux- Paris | 50 |
| 38 | Mon 11th Aug | Paris area | 0 |
| 39 | Tues 12th Aug | Paris- Abbeville | 140 |
| 40 | Weds 13th Aug | Abbeville- Le Torquet then Lydd- Romney Marsh (UK) (Lydd Air flight time 1730) | 90 then 30 |
| 41 | Thurs 14th Aug | Romney Marsh- Worthing via Brighton | 110 |
| 42 | Fri 15th Aug | Worthing- Bournemouth via Southampton | 120 |
| 43 | Sat 16th Aug | Bournemouth- Exeter | 120 |
| 44 | Sun 17th Aug | Exeter- Plymouth | 60 |
