There’s a personalised Google Map of the trip, which hopefully will eventually overlay routes upon sights upon cites.  It’s under construction of course.  As for the route itself… that’s under construction as well and hopefully appears on subsequent posts and map revisions, but here’s a summary of countries which will likely be getting a visit, along with key travel advice from UK.gov, the National Travel Health Network and Centre and xe.com.

Spain

• no visa required
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus
• Euros 1.2 /£1

France

• no visa required
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Tick-borne Encephalitis [vaccine not usually advised]
• Euros 1.2 /£1

Italy

• no visa required
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Tick-borne Encephalitis [vaccine not usually advised]
• Euros 1.2 /£1

Possible Balkans trip: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria; but possibly skip all that and go by boat from Italy to Greece.

Greece

• No visa required
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Tick-borne Encephalitis [vaccine no usually given]
• Euros approx 1.1 /£1

Turkey

• Visa REQUIRED (in advance, get it here for $20)
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid
• Turkish lira approx 3.6 /£1

Lebanon

• Visa REQUIRED (can be obtained on arrival)
• Hep A, Hep B,  Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid
• Lebanese pound approx 2,500 /£1

Israel

• No visa required
• Hep A, Hep B, Polio, Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid
• Yellow Fever certificate required and obtained
• Israeli shekl approx 5.8 /£1

Palestine 

• No visa required
• Hep A, Hep B, Polio, Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid
• Yellow Fever certificate required and obtained
• Israeli shekl approx 5.8 /£1

Jordan 

• Visa REQUIRED (in advance)
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid
• Yellow fever certificate required and obtained
• Jordanian dinar approx 1.2 /£1

  Egypt

• Visa REQUIRED (on arrival)
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid
• Yellow fever certificate required and obtained
• Egyptian pound approx 11.6 /£1

Tunisia

• No visa required
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Typhoid
• Yellow fever certificate required and obtained
• Tunisian dinar approx 2.6 /£1

Algeria

• Visa REQUIRED (takes upto 4 weeks)
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Typhoid
• Yellow fever certificate required
• Algerian dinar approx 132 /£1

Morocco 

• No visa required
• Hep A, Hep B, Rabies, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Typhoid
• Moroccan Dirham approx 13.6 /£1

More than happy to receive suggestions from anyone and everyone on what I should see, what I should avoid, where I should stay and how I should travel. Just comment below.