Avon Valley?
Yes - from Brown's Folly above Bathford, with Batheaston behind the railway line. Went there last night to meet (my first time) with the Melksham Amateur Photography Group (
((here)) on Facebook) who had an outing there - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. meet and a lovely group of people. Very much set up for drivers, though - "meet at the car park" is a sorta clue. I left home to catch the 4:20 bus which is the last one though Bathford, left the meeting at about 8:30 to walk down to Batheaston to catch the mid-evening bus home (arrived at around 10 p.m) so that was about 5 hours and 40 minutes away from home - as opposed to 3 hours max for a complete meet if I had driven.
I will accept some sympathy for the extra time taken but not a huge amount. It allowed me to learn about these particular journeys (I'm not often on the 4:22 nor the 21:05 off Bath). It allowed me a chance to look around a wider area on my own. It gave me another personal illustrative case (and various elements within it) of why people are put off the bus. It gave me a chance to sit in the countryside, have my picnic and check my email in a different location (yes, laptop with me), and it meant I met someone who works in a very different transport role at the bus stop, and learn more there too. That's in addition to meeting the lovely people in the group itself.
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