Bus Pass Britain

50 of the Nation's Favourite Bus Journeys

Nicky Gardner, Susanne Kries, Tim Locke

• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781784771645
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

This new edition of the classic hit title Bus-Pass Britain is a colourful celebration of travelling by bus around the British Isles and features a selection of 50 favourite bus-routes submitted by members of the public in response to a Bradt competition. Their favourite bus routes reveal a wonderful mosaic of journeys across Britain, from a leafy meander through the Home Counties to the exhilarating seascapes of the northeast coast, from the wilds of Snowdonia to the Outer Hebrides. Evocative and fun, the book reveals how free bus passes have encouraged a new generation of keen explorers. Join us on the top deck for a fresh perspective on towns and villages across Britain. Each journey includes recommendations on where to stop and explore, providing details of inspiring sights, suggested walks and the best local cafes, pubs, restaurants. All the practical details: bus times, the length and duration of each route and travel connections to the start and finish, are provided and the book features a scattering of quirky stories and reflections (entitled Bus-stops) on the wonders of this more leisurely form of travel.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Title
• Colour Section
• Colour Map
• Foreword
• Welcome Aboard
• 50 Bus Journeys
• London and the Home Counties
• 1 A Divine Capital Taster
• 2 Simply Red: a Capital Route
• 3 Shades of the Suburbs: London’s Social Mix
• 4 Red Bus at Night: Clubber’s Delight
• 5 Natural Selection: Downe Your Way
• 6 South through Surrey: By Bus to Dorking
• 7 A Sussex Centurion
• 8 Three Counties River Run
• 9 Into the Magic Forest: Pony Country
• 10 Beautifully Bleak: Visiting West Wight
• 11 Moonraker Country
• 12 The Secret Delights of North Hampshire
• 13 The Purbeck Breezer
• 14 The Jurassic Coast: West
• 15 The Jurassic Coast: East
• 16 Vintage Seaside: Off to Sand Bay
• 17 By Bus Along the Atlantic Highway
• 18 Dipping into Devon’s Past
• 19 Sauntering through the South Hams
• 20 Over the Hills to Chippy
• 21 Orbital Delights
• 22 Austin to Elgar: Beyond Brummagem
• 23 A Tale of Two Doctors: Prose and Poison
• 24 The Medieval and Postmodern Fens
• 25 From End of the Pier to Under the Pier
• 26 With the Sea to your Right
• 27 Offa’s Country: Westward to Wales
• 28 Border Crossing
• 29 Through Snowdonia: Wild Wales
• 30 A Taste of Wild Wales
• 31 East to West Across North Wales
• 32 Cutting Across the Brecon Beacons
• 33 Mills Along the Derwent Valley
• 34 Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle
• 35 A Peek at the Peaks: Off to Mam Tor
• 36 Crossing the Buttertubs: Northern Dalesman
• 37 A Wensleydale Double Delight
• 38 Escape from Penrith
• 39 The Honister Rambler
• 40 Coals to Newcastle: Tyne Tees Express
• 41 Coast to Coast
• 42 North Sea Coastal Splendour
• 43 By Bus with the Bard: a Burns Encounter
• 44 Exploring the Tweed Valley
• 45 Essential Scotland
• 46 Jewel in the Clyde: the Isle of Arran
• 47 The 456 to Inverlussa: a Jura Journey
• 48 Four Firths in the Far North
• 49 Suas Gu Deas: Going ‘up South’
• 50 Next Stop St Kilda: By Bus Across Harris
• Postscripts
• Index of Bus Operators
• Index of Place Names
• Copyright
• Back Cover