The Coast to Coast is not to be scoffed at and we are not in any way trying to trivialize this part of our trip. It is planned with military precision and it was always going to be as it can and will most likely tax us and be somewhat dangerous. It is always useful to visualize what is to come and generally when it falls upon you. 

Maps and itineraries are a really good start point.  In the early planning stages we set our course with the maximum amount of days we wanted to accomplish it in. We developed this cunning plan by the use of on-line reference material such as; http://ramblingman.org.uk/walks/coasttocoast/