The furthest I've been from home in each of the last 50 years
1974 Junction of A8003 and A886, Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland (358 miles) 1975 Guernsey Airport, Guernsey, Channel Islands (180 miles) 1976 Junction of Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 403, Burlington, Ontario, Canada (3570 miles) 1977 Weisenau, Mainz, Rhineland-Pfalz, West Germany (400 miles) 1978 Llanfair Caereinion station, Welshpool, Powys, Wales (141 miles) 1979 Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, West Germany (410 miles)
1980 Monkey House, Frankfurt Zoo, Frankfurt, West Germany (411 miles) 1981 Manchester Piccadilly station, Piccadilly, Manchester (147 miles) 1982 Helvellyn, Lake District, Cumbria (226 miles) 1983 Rhossili Bay, Rhossili, Gower Peninsula, West Glamorgan, Wales (165 miles) 1984 Marine Lake, West Kirby, Merseyside (165 miles) 1985 Putting green, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales (192 miles) 1986 Lighthouse Road, Flamborough Head, Bridlington, North Yorkshire (172 miles) 1987 Grandale, Bransholme, Kingston-upon Hull, Humberside (148 miles) 1988 Comely Bank, Edinburgh, Scotland (319 miles) 1989 Market Jew Street, Penzance, Cornwall (234 miles)
1990 Glasgow Queen Street station, Glasgow, Scotland (330 miles) 1991 Chapmans Pool, Worth Matravers, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset (90 miles) 1992 Promenade, Southport, Merseyside (149 miles) 1993 Langton Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire (137 miles) 1994 Jetty, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (100 miles) 1995 Yaiza, Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (1744 miles) 1996 Market Gates, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (100 miles) 1997 Central Beach, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (100 miles) 1998 Newport Bay Club, Lake Disney, Disneyland Paris, France (268 miles) 1999 Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall (266 miles)
2000 Kilimanjaro Safaris, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida, USA (4409 miles) 2001 Rue des Portelettes, Torteval, Guernsey, Channel Islands (185 miles) 2002 Marine Mammals Centre, Rodeo Beach, Marin County, California, USA (5368 miles) 2003 High Street, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County, California, USA (5386 miles) 2004 Nepenthe, Highway One, Big Sur, California, USA (5437 miles) 2005 Gare de Lyon, Paris, France (231 miles) 2006 Observatory, Point Reyes, Marin County, California, USA (5371 miles) 2007 Etal station, Etal Castle, Etal, Northumberland (297 miles) 2008 Tesco Extra, Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk (97 miles) 2009 Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh, Scotland (335 miles)
2020 The Earl's Garden, Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Cremyll, Cornwall (198 miles) 2021 Scarborough Open Air Theatre, North Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (193 miles) 2022 Paddock, Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (118 miles) 2023 Church of St Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, Notts (117 miles)