Andrew Cowell, 48, visited Warrington and caught 80 buses during his whistle-stop tour of the country, which he completed in just 13 days. He left his home in Allestree, Derby, on June 10 and took six buses to travel 115 miles to Lancaster in one day. Andrew, a railway operations planner, then took dozens of buses with 39 different operators to explore more 20 counties the length and breadth of England and Wales.
He then trekked across the country to the Lincolnshire coast, to the south west before finally getting off at is last stop in Bangor in Wales. The most buses he caught in a single day was eight, where he travelled over 100 miles from Canterbury in Kent and to Chichester, West Sussex. The super saver, who kept costs to a minimum thanks to the £2 fare cap, and said Welsh prices were on average a couple of pence more.
Andrew said: “I basically wanted to get as close as possible to the English and Welsh coast. “It only took 13 days to complete which I was surprised considering the miles I covered. “On the whole the buses were reliable, mostly on time and very comfortable.
“It is a wonderful way to travel because you can take everything in and when there is a stop in a town or I have to change I have a chance to explore somewhere I wouldn’t normally. “I used 80 buses in total. The original plan was 81 but in typical bus fashion, some of the routes and times had changed.
“It is amazing how far you can get on ordinary service buses.” (Image: SWNS) Incredibl.
