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« on: April 11, 2008, 13:11:59 »
Mr Richard Elloway has completed a journey from Land's End to John O'Groats by bus, using his free pensioner's bus pass, according to The Times yesterday.  Mr Elloway spend less that 100 pounds on the journey of 8 days, and had special dispensation to use his pensioner's pass from England in Scotland as they're not normally transferrable between countries.

Mr Elloway's journey was free to him, but he will have been counted on and off the buses and the taxpayers in the various areas he passed through will pay for his journey. Does anyone know what the total bus fare on local buses is from Land's End to John O'Groats, or what the Wiltshire total (he changed in Bath, Chippenham, Swindon and Oxford) would be? ((I ask about Wiltshire because, as a council tax payer here, it's something I have contributed to!))
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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2008, 15:10:37 »
Grahame - I also saw that in the Telegraph and I also wondered this.   

Working on the basis that my Frist bus dis-service fare from Eastney/Hayling Ferry down to the Hard in Portsmouth is about ^1.75 for a 4-mile single trip (the walk is much better on a nice day and the return is double the fare) and no doubt his buses down in Cornwall are First - my guess would be in 4 figures.  He also got stranded in Tiverton and Lincoln - nice!

A man went from Holyhead on Anglesey to Cardiff a couple of years ago to demonstrate that you could go the whole length of Wales - the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) said it would have costed him about ^200.
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« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2008, 15:55:39 »
Quote from: SuperGlam on April 11, 2008, 15:10:37
Grahame - I also saw that in the Telegraph and I also wondered this.   

Working on the basis that my Frist bus dis-service fare from Eastney/Hayling Ferry down to the Hard in Portsmouth is about ^1.75 for a 4-mile single trip no doubt his buses down in Cornwall are First
They all are First basically.
^1.75 for 4-miles is cheap.
^2.10 child single for 3 miles fdown here.
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« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2008, 15:58:35 »
In Bournemouth I pay ^1 for a 4 mile single .... ^1.50 or ^1.40 for a return (8 miles in total).
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« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2008, 16:11:47 »
Quote from: swlines on April 11, 2008, 15:58:35
In Bournemouth I pay ^1 for a 4 mile single .... ^1.50 or ^1.40 for a return (8 miles in total).
Lucky.
Train is cheaper down here though.
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