A savvy traveller used the government’s £2 bus fare cap to embark on an epic 1,000-mile trip across England and Wales. Andrew Cowell, 48, caught 80 buses during his whistle-stop tour of the country which he completed in just 13 days. He left his home in Allestree, Derbyshire, on 10 June 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. Aberystwyth MusicFest will open with concert by outstanding Syrian pianist Singers set to perform at Aberystwyth bandstand for clean water charity Teyrnged i Dai Jones Llanilar, un o fawrion y genedl Protestors disrupt Aber Uni workshop hosting Israel-linked partners He then trekked across the country to the Lincolnshire coast, to the south west before finally getting off at is last stop in Bangor. 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 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’s a wonderful way to travel becau.