Quite "chuffed" with my planning so far...

Well, not a lot has changed over the past several days; I'm still making plans that are subject to change. Faffing about, as they say (I guess "Faff" means to be indecisive, so there you go). So much to see and so little time. I think I'm alright though, and have decided that I really must make some solid plans here (solid not synonymous with completely inflexible) so that I can get the most out of my time there.

My current decision is between finding a bed and breakfast in London and taking day trips out, as my professor suggested, or actually traveling to each place (at this point all in the Southern UK) and staying in a hostel at each town. Benefits to both, I'm sure.

Currently, my overall plan looks like this:

July 9: Depart for England
July 10: Arrive at Heathrow; Travel to Cambridge by coach
July 11-15: Classes
July 16: Cambridge Excursion to London and The Globe (Tempest)
July 17: Cambridge Excursion to Bodiam and Leeds Castle
July 18-19: Classes
July 20: Free Day (Travel somewhere -- East to an ocean town?)
July 21-22: Classes
July 23: Cambridge Excursion to Stratford-upon-Avon (Comedy of Errors)
July 24: Skip Excursions, Travel somewhere (Canterbury?)
July 25-29: Classes (official end time is 3:30 pm)
July 29-31: London
July 31-1: Oxford
Aug 1-2: Bath (Jane Austen!)
Aug 2-3: Salisbury (Stonehenge!)
Aug 3-4: _______________ (visit Dr. McDermott in Dartmoor?)
Aug 4-5: Back to London
Aug 5: Depart for home in early afternoon (arrive home 3:30 pm MI time)

All of these (outside of Cambridge planned excursions, which are also by coach) I've been planning with coach transportation and hostels for accommodation in each town.

Oh, and there's a slight possiblity I'll replace the first couple of days of my plan with a flight over to Dublin... in which case I would also try to adjust so I could spend more time in London at the end of my stay.

Whew. More later...