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Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again Nicky Gardner

Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again By Nicky Gardner

Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again by Nicky Gardner


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Summary

Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again Travel Guide - Travel advice and information on local bus routes and suggested day trips, transportation tips and personal stories. This guide also includes little-known routes and unusual destinations, timetables and detailed maps, pubs, restaurants and museums, shopping, transport history, walks and local highlights.

Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again Summary

Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again: More of the Nation's Favourite Bus Journeys by Nicky Gardner

Discover the spice of modern Britain from the top deck of a bus. We may complain about the quality of our local bus services, but Britain is blessed with a very fine network of local bus routes. That network takes in celebrated coastal and mountain landscapes as well as gritty industrial towns and unsung suburbs. In Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again, four dozen writers retrace journeys that have particular meaning for them, along the way revealing the diversity of modern Britain. Evocative and fun, often witty and perceptive, the book gives a fresh perspective on communities across Britain. Just the ticket for travellers of all ages.

Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again Reviews

'Celebration of some of the country's most interesting and scenic routes.' Powys County Times and Express 'Gives ordinary travellers the chance to describe their own favourite routes, with details of pubs, cafes and museums that can be visited.' Evergreen 'Each route is accompanied by a route-map, timetable information aand suggestions for watering holes and restaurants along the way.' Good Book Guide 'The journeys are a heartening assertion of localism and offer an antidote to globalisation.' Yorkshire Post 'Celebrates the joys of sitting on a bus, absorbing the passing scenery, and chalking up environmental Brownie points' Daily Express 'Treats the bus as a social entity and not just a means of getting from A to B and even C.' Worcester News 'This book is a delight for those with time on their hands, or for people who want a slower pace of a day trip out' Great Yarmouth Mercury

About Nicky Gardner

This book is the result of a community-writing initiative in which members of the public were invited to write about their favourite bus routes. The writers whose work features in this book responded to our invites on Twitter and other media, including The Daily Express. The editors are Susanne Kries and Nicky Gardner, two writers who are great devotees of slow travel. They are also the publishers of hidden europe magazine.

Table of Contents

FForeword (by Hilary Bradt) i Welcome Aboard 1 How to Use this Book 4 50 BUS JOURNEYS LONDON 6 1 A Divine Capital Taster 8 Paddington to Bow Church (by Fran Martin) 2 Shades of the Suburbs: London's Social Mix 12 Clapham Junction to Shoreditch (by Francesca Rushton & Gregory Gardner) 3 The Bus that Never Sleeps 16 Highbury Corner to Leamouth (by Peter Sellars) 4 Encountering the Unseen: East London 20 Romford to Stratford (by Cila Warncke) 5 Red Bus at Night: Clubber's Delight 24 Trafalgar Square to Cockfosters (by Rebecca Reynolds) 6 Natural Selection: Downe your Way 28 Bromley to Downe (by Brian Grigg) 7 Love on the 159 32 Streatham to Paddington (by Sarah Taylor) BUS STOP: MOBILE BILLBOARDS 36 HOME COUNTIES 37 8 South through Surrey: By Bus to Dorking 39 Kingston-upon-Thames to Dorking (by Martin Stribblehill) 9 A Sussex Centurion 43 Horsham to Burgess Hill (by Brian Grigg) 10 East Kent Backwaters: Thanet Bound 47 Canterbury to Broadstairs (by Peter Shearman) BUS STOP: GREEN AND RED 51 11 A Ride Through the Dengie 52 Burnham-on-Crouch to Bradwell Waterside (by Julia Hammond) 12 Three Counties River Run 57 High Wycombe to Reading (by Kate Booth) iv T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S SOUTH & SOUTHWEST ENGLAND 61 13 Into the Magic Forest: Pony Country 63 Southampton to Lymington (by Jane Westlake) 14 Beautifully Bleak: Visiting West Wight 68 Newport to Totland, Isle of Wight (by Emily Bullock) 15 The Wimborne Flyer 73 Poole to Wimborne Minster (by June Webber) 16 Three Towns and a Loaf of Bread 77 Wimborne Minster to Shaftesbury (by Jacqueline Suff olk) 17 Vintage Seaside: Off to Sand Bay 81 Weston-super-Mare to Sand Bay (by Fraser Balaam) BUS STOP: BRITAIN'S RAREST BUS 85 18 Dipping into Devon's Past 86 Okehampton to Newton Abbot (by Janice Booth) 19 By Bus Along the Atlantic Highway 91 Barnstaple to Hartland (by Nicky Gardner) 20 Community Spirit in the Isles of Scilly 97 St Mary's circular route (Jenny Byers) WALES & THE MARCHES 101 21 Off a's Country: Westward to Wales 103 Ludlow to Knighton (by Les Lumsdon) 22 Cutting Across the Brecon Beacons 108 Newtown to Cardiff (by Tudor Thomas) 23 Industrial South Wales: Big Pit Country 113 Brynmawr to Newport (by Barry Hankey) 24 Escape from Swansea: Gower Bound 117 Swansea to Pennard Cliff s (by Elisabeth Parsons) BUS STOP: SPEAKING IN TONGUES 121 25 Through Snowdonia: Wild Wales 122 Bangor to Aberystwyth (by Julie Bromilow) 26 A Roller-Coaster Ride: Yellow Galore 128 Aberystwyth to Cardigan (by Julie Bromilow) v F COTSWOLDS & THE MIDLANDS 132 27 The Rutland Flyer 134 Corby to Oakham (by Alastair Willis) 28 Austin to Elgar: Beyond Brummagem 138 Birmingham to Worcester (by Nigel Roberts) BUS STOP: A FAMILY TALE 144 29 A Tale of Two Doctors: Prose and Poison 145 Staff ord to Lichfi eld (by Richard Lakin) 30 Across the Cotswolds: a Dream of England 150 Cheltenham to Oxford (by Edward James) EAST ANGLIA & THE FENS 155 31 Through the Heart of Norfolk 157 King's Lynn to East Dereham (by Laurence Mitchell) 32 The Medieval and Postmodern Fens 162 Chatteris to Cambridge (by Anna Blair) 33 Look, No Hands! On a Guided Busway 167 Cambridge to Peterborough (by Brendan Fox) BUS STOP: BENDY OR BORIS? 171 34 The Cambridge Character 172 Cambridge city service (by Dominie Walters) 35 From End of the Pier to Under the Pier 176 Great Yarmouth to Southwold (by Laurence Mitchell) PENNINES & NORTH OF ENGLAND 182 36 Mills Along the Derwent Valley 184 Derby to Bakewell (by Helen Moat) 37 A Peek at the Peaks: Off to Mam Tor 189 Sheffi eld to Castleton (by Ian M Packham) 38 Heading up Hanley: a Potteries Ride 194 Newcastle-under-Lyme to Hanley (by William Jones) 39 Of Canals and Railways: Off to Manchester 199 Warrington to Altrincham (by James McCollom) vi T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S 40 The Pride of the Dales: Yorkshire Beckons 203 Ilkley to Grassington (by Sheila Scraton) BUS STOP: SUNDAY OUTINGS 208 41 Crossing the Buttertubs: the Northern Dalesman 209 Lancaster to Richmond (by Colin Speakman) 42 Into the Pennines: Alston and Beyond 215 Carlisle to Nenthead (by Carol Purves) 43 Coals to Newcastle: Tyne Tees Express 220 Middlesbrough to Newcastle upon Tyne (by Brian Robson) SCOTLAND 226 44 By Bus with the Bard: a Burns Encounter 228 Dumfries to Edinburgh (by Richard West) 45 Jewel in the Clyde: the Isle of Arran 233 Brodick to Blackwaterfood (by Helen Hughes) 46 Clyde to Castle Keep: Cowal in Context 237 Dunoon to Carrick Castle (by Jackie Scott-Mandeville) 47 Between Two Firths: a Slice of Scotland 242 Dundee to Oban (by Richard West) BUS STOP: SHELTERED SPACES 248 48 The 456 to Inverlussa: a Jura Journey 249 Feolin to Inverlussa (by David Hoult) 49 Suas Gu Deas: Going 'up South' 253 Berneray to Eriskay (by Rhona NicDhughaill) 50 Next Stop St Kilda: By Bus Across Harris 259 Tarbert to Hushinish (by Fiona Rintoul) POSTSCRIPTS Beyond Britain's Shores 264 Marking Time 267 The Sceptical Bus Traveller (by Simon Heptinstall) 270 Meet the Team behind Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again 273 Index of Bus Operators 274 Index of Place Names 275 Feedback Request 282

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GOR005155678
9781841624655
1841624659
Bus-Pass Britain Rides Again: More of the Nation's Favourite Bus Journeys by Nicky Gardner
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bradt Travel Guides
2013-08-27
288
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