Day 1
http://goo.gl/maps/ONlC9Newcraighall Station, Edinburgh, Scotland (it's just on the edge of Edinburgh as defined by Edinburgh City Council) > Holiday Inn, Ghent, Belgium
Countries Travelled - UK, France, Belgium
Time Taken - 10hours exactly
Distance - 916km
Notes - Confirmed with Shadaza that Edinburgh meant Edinburgh and not just Edinburgh City Centre.
Started at Newcraighall station and joined the A1, first junction, join the A720 and turn at the next junction to the exciting A68, it is very pretty lots of woodland and fields to drive through including Northumberland National Park which gets me out of Scotland and into England after 1 hour 18 minutes of driving. End of the park and I join the A696 toward Newcastle, which I hit and rejoin the A1. Near Washington it turns into the A1(M), briefly turning back into the A1 outside Darlington but soon changes back the A1(M). Between Leeds and Doncaster it turns back into the A1 but just before Doncaster it's the A1(M) agin but not for long as it turrns back into the A1 as I pass by it. Near Peterborough it turns back into the A1(M) however before Huntingdon I take the A14 but near Camridge it becomes the M11. It hits the orbital ring road the M25, driving around this, I get near the river Thames where the M25 becomes the pathetic A282 and the Dartford Tunnel, however it soon become the M25 again but not for long as I take the M20 to get me to the Eurotunnel. 7 Hours 35 minutes after I start.
Now I sit in a train, seeing the blackness of the tunnel and drinking horrible cups of tea. An hour and a minute pass and I quickly leave and join the E40, I salute as I pass Dunkirk. Getting to the Belgium border at 9hr 11 minutes, however I continue on the E40 until Ghent where I join the E17 and turn off at a holiday inn.
Day 2
http://goo.gl/maps/ZWjZc Holiday Inn, Ghent, Belgium > Zazajd Blue Hotel, Konin, Poland
Countries Travelled - (UK, France) Belgium, Germany, Poland
Time Taken 9h 55 Minutes
Distance - 1,157km (2,073km to date)
Notes - Yes, avoided the Netherlands so I can get the minimum countries travelled.
So I leave the Inn, get back on the E17 to rejoin the E40 and just drive. I drive around Brussels still on the E40 which is also now the E19 but once I am around it is the E40 again. When I get to Liege the E40 also becomes the E42 and E25 but only for a little while. Belgium is tiny and after a mere 1 hour 44 minutes I enter Germany, I avoid the Netherlands as I want to travel to as few countries as possible. I hit Cologne and take the E31, north of Cologone the E31 splits and I join the E37. At Bergkamen I turn off to the E34, still hoping to get out of Germany and into Poland before he day is out. At Bad Oeynhausen I turn off onto the E30. South of Potsdam, the E30 is also briefly the E51 and E55 but soon is just the E30 again. 7 Hours and 50 minutes I cross the Oder river to get into Poland. However 2 hours later still driving on the E30 in what seemed the straightest road ever, I turn off on the DK25 to get to my hotel and enjoy some potato soup.