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Introduction Twelve Trips is a graphic document exploring twelve journeys traveled up and down the UK over the Easter period of 2013. It aims to explore the interaction of twelve individuals’ journeys; the cross overs, links and paths shared in order to reach any given destination.
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Place Index a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v.
Edinburgh York Leeds Liverpool Glossop Sheffield Grimsby Nottingham Great Yarmouth Wolverhampton Coventry Rugby Leamington Daventry Northampton Cambridge Bristol Kingston Cornwall Exeter Portsmouth Brighton
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Journey Index 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12.
Leeds - Bristol................................. Rugby - Glossop................................. Portsmouth - Edinburgh................ Leamington - Great Yarmouth..... Grimsby - Brighton.......................... Wolverhampton - Cornwall............. Bristol - Coventry.......................... Daventry - Nottingham.................. Northampton - Exeter.................... Leeds - York....................................... Sheffield - Kingston...................... Liverpool - Cambridge....................
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ENIDBURGH
YORK LEEDS
G LIVERPOOL
GLOSSOP
SHEFFIELD
NOTTINGHAM
WOLVERHAMPTON LEAMINGTON
COVENTRY
NORTH
DAVENTRY
KIN BRISTOL
PORTSMOUTH EXETER CORNWALL 05
BR
GRIMSBY
M GREAT YARMOUTH RUGBY
HAMPTON
NGSTON
RIGHTON
CAMBRIDGE
Take the next... These days we take left and right for granted. But little do we take into account how many times we make the decision to take a certain direction on any given journey. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes not so much.
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Leeds to Bristol
Date: Miles Traveled:
23.03.13 209
Top: Bottom:
Rugby Glossop
Contours Two contour diagrams taken from the National Ordnance Survey database. The UK is split up into a grid system appropriately named the ‘Naitonal Grid System’ in order to efficiently categorise any and every location nationwide.
Rugby to Glossop
Date: Miles Traveled:
01.04.13 113
Shipping? The Mary Rose is a famous ship permanently docked in Portsmouth. At 45m long, it would take 15,950 of them end to end in order to reach to Edinburgh.
= 4500m
Portsmouth to Edinburgh
Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 446
Leamington to Great Yarmouth
Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 171
Road Data A16:
01.0M
A46:
00.6M
A46:
18.5M
A46:
01.7M
A46:
12.0M
A46:
08.4M
A46:
08.9M
A1:
00.2M
A1:
46.8M
A1:
12.5M
M11:
42.0M
M25:
00.2M
M25:
16.9M
A282:
03.3M
M25:
12.0M
M26:
00.6M
M25:
11.4M
M23:
00.7M
M23:
13.8M
A23:
15.9M
MILL RD:
01.1M
DYKE.RD AV:
02.3M
A2010:
00.4M
A2010:
00.6M
A259:
00.4M
A23:
00.2M
Miles traveled on lengths of certain road starting from the A16 at Grimsby to the A23, Bristol.
Grimsby to Brighton
Date: Miles Traveled:
05.04.13 248
Wolverhampton to Cornwall
Date: Miles Traveled:
29.03.13 225
Bristol to Coventry
Date: Miles Traveled:
26.03.13 108
Daventry to Nottingham
Date: Miles Traveled:
28.03.13 55
Northampton to Exeter
Date: Miles Traveled:
13.04.13 212
Leeds to York
Date: Miles Traveled:
30.03.13 26
Sheffield to Kingston
Date: Miles Traveled:
05.04.13 184
Liverpool to Cambridge
Date: Miles Traveled:
26.03.13 194