Hello!! I'm hoping to get input on my itinerary idea. I've read SOOO many things, but nothing seems quite tailored to our interests. We are a group of 5 - 3 of us in our 40s, but my sister in law suffered a severe stroke, so has some complications in communicating and being active for long periods, and my folks, in their 70s, but still very active. Ideally we'd like to do some train travel, and pick up a car at some point. We have not chosen an airport to fly into yet, but we are flying out of LHR, because we're meeting friends from England at the tail end. Our only "must see" is St Andrew's, because hubs is an avid golfer. We aren't really hikers, more into the culinary, pub and castles scene. I'm thinking 9 days in Scotland, and the last 5 making our way to London (we've all been to England). Here is what I was thinking -
Fly into Aberdeen
2 nights
Drive Aberdeen to St Andrews for the day
Drive St Andrews to Glasgow
Drop off car
Glasgow
4 nights
Train Glasgow to Edinburgh
Edinburgh
3 nights
Train from Edinburgh to Durham
2 nights Durham
Train Durham to Lincoln
Stay with friends 2 nights
Train to London
Does this seem like a well put together itinerary, or too much, too all over the place?? I'm very open to suggestions.