Category: Bus challenge

"Take it to the limit one more time." (The Eagles) Having circumnavigated London using the Superloop network of buses the previous month, which took just 7¼ hours, I felt like taking on a far more challenging bus odyssey. I was inspired by a Diamond Geezer blogpost, which identified the most northerly, southerly, easterly and westerly …

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"Here we go round the mulberry bush." (Nursery rhyme) In 2024 I celebrated gaining my Freedom Pass, allowing free bus travel within England, by making a cost free journey from Manchester to my home in Woodford (on the borders of Greater London and Essex). Also in 2024, the final leg of a new orbital network …

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"The best things in life are free." Having recently reached the state pensionable age of 66, my London-wide Oyster 60+ card was replaced with a Freedom Pass, which additionally gives free off-peak bus travel anywhere in England. When I first turned 60 I tested my 60+ Oyster Card by visiting within a week all of …

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