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« on: June 17, 2014, 07:58:56 »

No chance of getting a through bus. The train options are limited and go via England. By car can take forever.

There is however, according to Google Maps, an air option:


http://goo.gl/iEzmG9

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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2014, 16:14:53 »

Jolly good! I see that Fort Augustus to Urquhart Castle gives an equally appropriate option...
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2014, 16:44:18 »

But well worth it when you get there....

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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2014, 17:50:43 »

No chance of getting a through bus. The train options are limited and go via England. By car can take forever.

There is however, according to Google Maps, an air option:


http://goo.gl/iEzmG9
Hah, funny! Not sure a dragon can constitute public transport though.

Jolly good! I see that Fort Augustus to Urquhart Castle gives an equally appropriate option...
That is slower than the road though. It's quicker by dragon...
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I know this is posted in 'The Lighter Side', but for the benifit of anyone looking at this expecting a discussion on public transport between north and south Wales then there is in fact a real-life air link (Anglesey to Cardiff though, not Snowdon to Brecon), which I don't agree with because it represents an official endorsement of one of the least sustatinable modes of transport. If you want to be 'green', the best way of going from Brecon to Snowdon is probably to catch the T(C)4 TrawsCymru service to Newtown, then a train to Porthmadog (at the moment it will be rail replacement coach/bus north of Harlech). Not sure if there is a direct bus from there to the foot of Snowdon, but if not you can get one to Caernarfon where there probably will be buses to the foot of Snowdon. Or you could use the Welsh Highland Railway from Porthmadog to Rhyd-Ddu and start your climb there.
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2014, 21:16:12 »

An average speed of 350mph... Gives the Bullet Train a run for it's money!

A new candidate for "The Red Dragon Express" maybe Grin
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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2014, 21:54:55 »

Jolly good! I see that Fort Augustus to Urquhart Castle gives an equally appropriate option...

Indeed!


http://goo.gl/cniA57

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« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2014, 22:40:01 »

No chance of getting a through bus. The train options are limited and go via England. By car can take forever.

There is however, according to Google Maps, an air option:

I don't see that when I click on the link but that's probably because I've disabled the new Google maps and have gone back to the previous version. The new maps are a memory hog on my PC.
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« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2014, 06:54:18 »

Now that, has made my day BNM! Grin Grin Grin When anyone asks me the way anywhere in future I will always think of Nessie the navigator !
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