How it all started

In the spring of 2016, British Sea Power introduced two pieces of merchandise that gave me a somewhat bonkers idea. A T-shirt (more about BSP and T-shirts later) and a Mug (ditto) titled "BSP Germinal CCXXIV" listed 116 British coastal place names, and the moment I saw them, I thought "Road Trip!"

According to BSP HQ, at least one of the places was fictional, and at least one of them is pretty much impossible for mere mortals like me to ever visit, but as for the other 114, well, for a BSP obsessive like myself, what better challenge is there than to visit them all. Obviously not in order, as a few people asked, they clearly have no idea how far Bass Rock is from The Armed Knight, or just how long it would take to go from Wolf Rock to Vidlin Voe and then back to Zennor Head!

So this is the unfolding story of the preparations for, and hopefully if it all goes according to plan, an account of my BSP influenced trip around the Great British Coast.