I'm in Massachusetts, but in from the coast about 100 miles (Boston being on the coast). Maine's nearest point is about 120–150 miles northeast of where I am. I've been there a couple of times, when my husband was running a marathon there, and we passed through there last year on our way to Nova Scotia, Canada.

Where are you in the UK? My husband grew up in Dorset, and we live there together as a family for a brief while.