Saturday 31st August 2019 Route 888 between Newcastle and Keswick is the lesser known bus service across the Pennines. Whereas the more famous route 685 takes a direct westerly trajectory … Continue Reading Crossing the Pennines
Wednesday 28th August 2019 I was puzzled by a recent news item that Merseytravel are withdrawing a local bus route they fund in the Speke area of south east … Continue Reading Speke up for Arriva Click
Tuesday 27th August 2019 It’s not often a National Park Authority trials a new bus service these days so hats off to the Peak District for funding the new H1 … Continue Reading There’s Hope in Derbyshire
Friday 23rd August 2019 It’s always a pleasure to spend some time on Tyneside. Open tops Yesterday I sampled the new open-top sightseeing tour introduced this summer by Go North … Continue Reading Toon Time
Wednesday 21st August 2019 I sampled zeelo’s new commuter coach service between Newport and Bristol back in the Spring and wrote about the company and my travel experience on 24th May. … Continue Reading zeelo lands at Gatwick Airport
Tuesday 13th August 2019 TfL’s first foray into the new fangled world of App based Dial-A-Ride (aka Demand Responsive Transport) in Sutton is now in its twelfth week and yesterday … Continue Reading GoSutton Go
… and other west Cornwall travels. Thursday 8th August 2019 Having travelled up to Cape Wrath last month to visit mainland Britain’s most northerly bus terminus I thought it was … Continue Reading Britain’s most southerly bus stop…
Monday 5th August 2019 My little trip on the GWR train between Taunton and Bishops Lydeard on Saturday was a good opportunity to sample some great bus rides across Dorset … Continue Reading Three days in Dorset and Somerset
Saturday 3rd August 2019 South West Trains started the ‘run trains to link with heritage railways’ trend a couple of summers ago (before they handed the keys over to South … Continue Reading On Track in Taunton
Thursday 1st August 2019 LNER know all about high profile launches. I guess it helps being in the public sector with a generous marketing budget rather than being a cash … Continue Reading Hard and soft launches in Edinburgh
