CrackPot Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Hi all I am wanting to go to Bournemouth on 13th August, does anyone know the cheapest way to get there be it train coach or whatever, i do have a family and friends rail card handy to use. The cheapest i have got it for return is £109 for 2 adults and a child do you think I could get it cheaper ? Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastbank Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Hi all I am wanting to go to Bournemouth on 13th August, does anyone know the cheapest way to get there be it train coach or whatever, i do have a family and friends rail card handy to use. The cheapest i have got it for return is £109 for 2 adults and a child do you think I could get it cheaper ? Thanks a lot. old easty is taking 14 for £420....a bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Try http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/Offers/funfares.cfm for National Express reduced fares. http://coach.nationalexpress.com/times-and-fares.aspx?&searchId=262f4f9e-5db1-493c-b7f7-0a499a9c4dbb&__utma=1.670163236.1309183322.1309183322.1309183322.1&__utmb=1.4.10.1309183322&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1309183322.1.1.utmcsr=ask|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=national%20express&__utmv=-&__utmk=150728246 suggests that the cheapest coach ticket is £44.90. http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/fares/tickets suggests that the cheapest train ticket is £93.50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackPot Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Try http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/Offers/funfares.cfm for National Express reduced fares. http://coach.nationalexpress.com/times-and-fares.aspx?&searchId=262f4f9e-5db1-493c-b7f7-0a499a9c4dbb&__utma=1.670163236.1309183322.1309183322.1309183322.1&__utmb=1.4.10.1309183322&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1309183322.1.1.utmcsr=ask|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=national%20express&__utmv=-&__utmk=150728246 suggests that the cheapest coach ticket is £44.90. http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/fares/tickets suggests that the cheapest train ticket is £93.50. I got it to £109 return for 2 adults and 1 child with a family and friends railcard, how did you manage to get it to £93.50 thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meaks Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 The cheapest way would be to walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackPot Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 The cheapest way would be to walk. I'll do it if you will...what about a sponsored walk for charity ??? Sheffield UK 1. Head west on High St/A621 toward Flat St 16 ft 2. Turn left onto Flat St 0.1 mi 3. Continue onto Pond St 0.2 mi 4. Slight right to stay on Pond St 200 ft 5. Slight left onto Paternoster Row 236 ft 6. Slight right onto Sheaf Square/A61 92 ft 7. Slight right onto Shoreham St/A61 Continue to follow Shoreham St 0.8 mi 8. Turn left onto Bramall Ln/A621 30 ft 9. Turn right onto Queens Rd/A61 0.2 mi 10. Turn left onto London Rd/A61 Continue to follow A61 0.6 mi 11. Slight right onto Chesterfield Rd/A61 Continue to follow A61 1.6 mi 12. Slight left onto Meadowhead/A61 0.6 mi 13. Slight left to stay on Meadowhead/A61 Continue to follow A61 Go through 1 roundabout 0.8 mi 14. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Sheffield Rd/B6057 0.6 mi 15. Continue straight to stay on Sheffield Rd/B6057 Continue to follow B6057 1.4 mi 16. Continue onto Chesterfield Rd 0.2 mi 17. Continue onto Unstone Hill/B6057 Continue to follow B6057 1.7 mi 18. Turn left onto Sheffield Rd/B6057 Continue to follow B6057 Go through 1 roundabout 1.8 mi 19. Slight left onto Sheffield Rd/B6057 Continue to follow B6057 Go through 2 roundabouts 0.9 mi 20. Continue onto Holywell St/B6543 Continue to follow B6543 0.3 mi 21. Keep right at the fork 295 ft 22. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A617 0.2 mi 23. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Derby Rd/A61 0.4 mi 24. Turn left onto Derby Rd 151 ft 25. Turn right to stay on Derby Rd Go through 1 roundabout 3.0 mi 26. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Derby Rd/A61 Continue to follow A61 3.9 mi 27. Continue onto Main Rd/B6013 Continue to follow B6013 2.0 mi 28. Continue straight onto Chesterfield Rd/A615 Continue to follow Chesterfield Rd 0.8 mi 29. Continue onto Petrich Rd/B6013 Continue to follow B6013 2.2 mi 30. Turn left onto A610 0.1 mi 31. Turn right onto Main Rd 0.2 mi 32. Turn right onto Bridle Ln 0.7 mi 33. Turn left onto Ripley Rd/B6374 0.5 mi 34. Turn right onto St Ln 1.6 mi 35. Continue onto Station Rd 0.3 mi 36. Turn right onto Derby Rd/B6179 0.7 mi 37. Slight left to stay on Derby Rd/B6179 Continue to follow B6179 4.3 mi 38. Slight left onto Alfreton Rd/B6179 Continue to follow Alfreton Rd Go through 2 roundabouts 1.7 mi 39. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Mansfield Rd 0.5 mi 40. Continue onto Phoenix St 0.2 mi 41. Turn right onto Derwent St 0.1 mi 42. Slight right to stay on Derwent St 138 ft 43. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Market Pl 0.1 mi 44. Market Pl turns slightly left and becomes Corn Market 407 ft 45. Continue onto St Peter's St 0.2 mi 46. Continue onto Osmaston Rd Go through 1 roundabout 0.6 mi 47. Slight right onto Osmaston Rd/A514 Continue to follow A514 Go through 2 roundabouts 3.8 mi 48. Slight right onto Swarkestone Rd/A514 Continue to follow A514 Go through 1 roundabout 4.7 mi 49. Turn left onto High St/B5006 Continue to follow B5006 3.7 mi 50. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Smisby Rd 0.8 mi 51. Continue onto The Callis 0.3 mi 52. Turn left onto Derby Rd 0.1 mi 53. Turn right onto Market St 89 ft 54. Turn left onto Bath St 397 ft 55. Continue onto Station Rd 0.2 mi 56. Continue onto Tamworth Rd 0.4 mi 57. Slight left onto Measham Rd Go through 1 roundabout 1.1 mi 58. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Measham Rd/B5006 Continue to follow B5006 0.4 mi 59. Turn left onto Gallows Ln/B4116 1.0 mi 60. Turn left onto Swepstone Rd/B4116 157 ft 61. Turn right onto Gallows Ln/B4116 Continue to follow B4116 4.7 mi 62. Turn left onto Main Rd/A444 Continue to follow A444 6.4 mi 63. Turn left onto A5 492 ft 64. Turn right onto Weddington Ln/A444 (signs for Nuneaton) Continue to follow A444 2.2 mi 65. Slight right onto Weddington Rd/A444 0.3 mi 66. Turn right onto Leicester Rd/A444 0.2 mi 67. Turn left onto Bond Gate/A444 Continue to follow A444 0.2 mi 68. At Church St, take the 1st exit onto Vicarage St/A444 0.2 mi 69. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Coton Rd/A444 0.4 mi 70. At Coton Arches, take the 3rd exit onto Coventry Rd/B4113 0.8 mi 71. Slight left to stay on Coventry Rd/B4113 Continue to follow B4113 Go through 1 roundabout 1.6 mi 72. Slight right onto Leicester Rd Racecourse/B4113 46 ft 73. Slight right onto Leicester St 0.1 mi 74. Leicester St turns slightly right and becomes Mill St 0.1 mi 75. Continue onto Newtown Rd 98 ft 76. Turn left onto Park Rd 0.3 mi 77. Turn right onto Coventry Rd/B4113 Continue to follow B4113 Go through 2 roundabouts 2.9 mi 78. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Phoenix Way/A444 Go through 2 roundabouts 2.1 mi 79. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Humber Rd/B4110 1.2 mi 80. Slight left to stay on Humber Rd/B4110 Continue to follow B4110 Go through 2 roundabouts 1.1 mi 81. Slight left onto London Rd/B4110 Continue to follow London Rd Go through 1 roundabout 1.7 mi 82. Turn right to stay on London Rd 56 ft 83. Turn left onto London Rd/A45 75 ft 84. Turn right onto High St 0.4 mi 85. Turn right onto Leamington Rd/A445 0.3 mi 86. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Oxford Rd/A423 Continue to follow A423 7.4 mi 87. Slight right onto Coventry Rd/A423 Continue to follow Coventry Rd Go through 1 roundabout 0.6 mi 88. Continue onto High St 328 ft 89. Continue onto Market Hill 210 ft 90. Continue onto Oxford St 0.1 mi 91. Turn right onto Banbury Rd 0.3 mi 92. Turn left onto Banbury Rd/A425 299 ft 93. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Banbury Rd/A423 Continue to follow A423 Go through 1 roundabout 12.7 mi 94. At A361, take the 3rd exit onto Southam Rd/A361 Continue to follow A361 0.9 mi 95. Slight right onto Horse Fair/A361 Continue to follow A361 Go through 1 roundabout 0.2 mi 96. Continue onto Oxford Rd/B4260 Continue to follow Oxford Rd 2.0 mi 97. Continue onto Banbury Rd/A4260 Continue to follow A4260 6.1 mi 98. Slight left onto Oxford Rd/A4260 Continue to follow A4260 7.0 mi 99. Turn right onto Upper Campsfield Rd/A4095 Continue to follow A4095 Go through 1 roundabout 3.0 mi 100. Turn left onto Lower Rd 2.8 mi 101. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto B4449 Go through 1 roundabout 0.8 mi 102. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Oxford Rd/B4044 1.7 mi 103. Turn right onto Cumnor Rd/B4017 Continue to follow B4017 1.9 mi 104. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Appleton Rd 0.5 mi 105. Continue onto Eaton Rd 0.4 mi 106. Slight left toward A420 1.0 mi 107. Turn right onto A420 0.6 mi 108. Slight left to stay on A420 0.3 mi 109. At Tubney Wood Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A338 Go through 1 roundabout 6.9 mi 110. Slight right onto Station Rd/A338 Continue to follow A338 1.2 mi 111. Slight left onto Grove Rd/A338 Continue to follow A338 Go through 2 roundabouts 0.6 mi 112. Turn right onto Stirlings Rd 443 ft 113. Turn right onto Wallingford St/A417 236 ft 114. Turn left onto Market Pl/A417 46 ft 115. Turn left onto Market Pl/A338 Continue to follow A338 3.1 mi 116. Slight right to stay on A338 0.3 mi 117. Slight left to stay on A338 66 ft 118. Slight right to stay on A338 305 ft 119. Continue straight to stay on A338 381 ft 120. Slight right to stay on A338 5.0 mi 121. Turn left onto Newbury Rd/A338 0.1 mi 122. Turn right onto Hungerford Hill/A338 Continue to follow A338 Go through 1 roundabout 4.8 mi 123. Turn right onto Oxford St 0.1 mi 124. Turn right onto Bath Rd/A4 108 ft 125. Slight left to stay on Bath Rd/A4 Continue to follow A4 Go through 1 roundabout 0.1 mi 126. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bridge St/A338 Continue to follow A338 0.3 mi 127. Slight right onto High St 240 ft 128. Turn right onto High St/A338 Continue to follow A338 Go through 1 roundabout 6.5 mi 129. Turn left toward Fair Mile 1.0 mi 130. Continue straight onto Fair Mile 1.9 mi 131. Continue onto Brunton Rd 1.7 mi 132. Turn right onto Cadley Rd 0.7 mi 133. Turn left onto High St/A338 0.2 mi 134. Turn right onto Church St/A338 Continue to follow A338 Go through 1 roundabout 7.7 mi 135. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A338 5.8 mi 136. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on A338 1.9 mi 137. Turn right to stay on A338 0.6 mi 138. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto London Rd/A30 Continue to follow A30 Go through 2 roundabouts 1.4 mi 139. At St Mark's Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Churchill Way E/A36 Continue to follow Churchill Way E Go through 1 roundabout 1.1 mi 140. Turn left onto New Bridge Rd/A338 Continue to follow A338 0.3 mi 141. Slight left onto Downton Rd/A338 0.6 mi 142. Slight left to stay on Downton Rd/A338 Continue to follow A338 1.1 mi 143. Slight left to stay on A338 Go through 1 roundabout 12.1 mi 144. Turn right onto Ellingham Dr 0.7 mi 145. Turn left to stay on Ellingham Dr 0.3 mi 146. Turn right to stay on Ellingham Dr 0.2 mi 147. Continue onto Ashley Dr 1.4 mi 148. Turn left onto Verwood Rd/B3081 Continue to follow B3081 0.5 mi 149. B3081 turns right and becomes Hurn Ln 0.2 mi 150. Continue straight onto Hurn Rd 2.4 mi 151. Continue onto Matchams Ln 2.6 mi 152. Turn right onto Avon Causeway 318 ft 153. At Hurn Bridge Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Parley Ln/B3073 407 ft 154. Turn left onto Mill Ln 0.3 mi 155. Continue straight onto Hurn Ct Ln 0.4 mi 156. Turn left 0.2 mi 157. Turn left toward Holdenhurst Rd 0.5 mi 158. Turn right onto Holdenhurst Rd 0.2 mi 159. Continue straight onto Throop Rd 0.2 mi 160. Turn left onto Yeomans Rd Go through 1 roundabout 0.7 mi 161. Slight right to stay on Yeomans Rd 190 ft 162. Continue onto Castle Ln W/A3060 0.2 mi 163. Turn left onto E Way 0.6 mi 164. Turn left onto Charminster Rd/B3063 Go through 2 roundabouts 1.3 mi 165. Slight left onto Wimborne Rd/A347 0.6 mi 166. At Richmond Hill Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Richmond Hill 0.2 mi Bournemouth UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanl Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Give joanl a wave as you pass by the pier Last time I did it by coach, it took close on 8 hours..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackPot Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Give joanl a wave as you pass by the pier Last time I did it by coach, it took close on 8 hours..... Well that's why i think it's going to have to be the train it only quotes 4 and a half hours... Any chance of camping on your back garden lolol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLies Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Pretend to be an asylum seeker, then the pan-crack will pay the fare for you. Easy init. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanl Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Well that's why i think it's going to have to be the train it only quotes 4 and a half hours... Any chance of camping on your back garden lolol Sorry, no back garden, no front garden and not even a driveway...:hihi: You might find this helpful though http://www.bournemouth.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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