“The Cunning Plan”

Now that I have most of my tickets, here is an update on the final plan. I remain hopeful that its a plan so cunning that you can brush your teeth with it. Here it is:

Leg 1  
Edinburgh – Newcastle      
East Coast                          
150 km/93 miles          
1 stop

Leg 2  
Newcastle – Amsterdam    
DFDS “Princes Seaways”    
494 km/251 miles        

Leg 3  
Amsterdam – Warsaw        
EN 447 “Jan Kiepura”          
1094 km/679 miles      
18 stops

Leg 4  
Warsaw – Moscow            
E 405 “Vltava”                    
1502 km/933 miles        
7 stops

Leg 5  
Moscow – Beijing              
Train No 4                          
7826 km/4862 miles    
33 stops

Leg 6  
Beijing – Shanghai              
G15                                    
1318 km/818 miles        
1 stop

Leg 7  
Shanghai – Airport              
Maglev                                  
30 km/18 miles          
                                                                                               
Total 12414 km/7654 miles