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With the over 60s getting free travel on buses, is there a dedicated website designed to help the over 60s travel between Lands End and John O'Groats and all points in between?

If there isn't, should there be?

Are there any helpful sites that fill the gap?

Buses are so fractionated it'd take a genius or a major nerd to find out how to get from the South Coast to the shores of Cardigan Bay using just free buses..

Any ideas?

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Asked in travel, buses, bus passes asked on: 04/28/2008 12:52am

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22 minutes after the question was opened (04/28/2008 01:14am)

your local council or transport firms web sites should be able to help with their route planners

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10 hours after the question was opened (04/28/2008 09:56am)

http://www.traveline.org.uk/index.htm copy
Some blokes already made the trip across England

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7324086.stm copy

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12 hours after the question was opened (04/28/2008 11:52am)

the only real issue is figuring out which bus companies accept concession cards *in england*, because ALL bus travel in scotland (right down to glsgow and berwick) is free for those with a concesion card.

Supplement from 04/28/2008 11:53am:

please *please* excuse the typos - the spell-check in firefox is something i'll never ever take for granted again...

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16 hours after the question was opened (04/28/2008 04:23pm)

DIY is the best answer.

A 61-year-old man has become the first person to travel for free from Land's End to John o'Groats by using his new bus pass for pensioners.

It took Richard Elloway exactly one week, six hours and 10 minutes to complete the journey, consisting entirely of local bus routes, but it did not cost him a penny.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/10/nbuspass110.xml copy

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12992 View profile Send message Aiming4777 Rank: Albert Einstein^2: Aiming4777

Just an observation. I got the bus from Luton Airport to London this week (cheapest way to get to Heathrow, only £8 fare ... in case you're wondering why) and I noticed that even the foreigners were showing their passports to prove their age and getting a free ride.

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With the over 60s getting free travel on buses, is there a dedicated website designed to help the over 60s travel between Lands End and John O'Groats and all points in between?

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