Publc transport attempt and fail #2

[Six Fiend]

My mission was to travel 35 miles from my home in Bristol to the Jag garage on the A38 near Burnham-on-Sea.

The lift I had arranged cancelled due to being proper poorly so I though I'd check out public transport. I needed to arrive by 17:30. No worries, pack some lunch and pain relief (dodgy bones and stuff), make a trip of it and pop over to see the sea while I'm there. Now, let's check the buses and go!

The earliest bus leaves central Bristol at 15:00. This means catching a bus near me at 14:30. Travel into town, change, change again at Weston-super-Mare, change yet again at Burnham-on-Sea, arrive at destination around 18:00. No good.

How about a coach? This scenario was pretty much the same but leaving Bristol at 21:40 arriving at the garage for 23:30. Not really much use.

I know, I'll use a train! Okay here we go...oh joy the times are the same as for the 4 bus extravaganza.

End result, call a mate and he's popping me down there tomorrow morning when it will take all of about 40 minutes.

Public transport – great if you don't want to do anything other than go to the shops. It also explains why supermarkets are open 24 hrs...

And yes I know I dropped an "i" in the thread title

[AngryApples]

Note to OP:

It has come to the attention of PH admins that you have commited a serious violation of PH memebrship rules -


Rule 64)B)iii) clearly states:

"If a member shall be found to have commited the heinous crime of using the devil's work known as "Public Transport" (see definition of "Public Transport" at Annex E)2)i)) he/she shall have his/her membership cancelled forthwith and without right to appeal"

Please hand your gimp mask and Castrol R at the door on the way out..........

[Six Fiend]

But I didn't use public transport because it was too st, so there

(just cos you want a gimp mask for your "friend")

[rs1952]

At the risk of being a "membership violator" I've just had a look on the National Rail Enquiries website.

There are trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Highbridge about every hour from the first one at 5.24am, with the average journey time being about 45 minutes.

OK, you've got to get to Temple Meads first and it's not a short walk from Highbridge station to where you want to go, but I'd be surprised if any bus can do Bristol to Highbridge via Weston in 45 minutes

[black1]

allways take my jag to swallows never had prob with train, they pick you up and drop you off at rail st
trains back to brizzle ever 30mins
if you have to change at weston just nip into off the rails and have a nice beer to calm yourself down

Edited by black1 on Monday 31st October 08:36

[Six Fiend]

black1 said:

allways take my jag to swallows never had prob with train, they pick you up and drop you off at rail st
trains back to brizzle ever 30mins
if you have to change at weston just nip into off the rails and have a nice beer to calm yourself down

Edited by black1 on Monday 31st October 08:36

Thanks for that I'll try it next time. Will make life much easier!

Must say I liked the guys, plenty of knowledge and good to deal with.

[black1]

six i have used them for years they are brill
mind you i did take one jag to that lot in bath road. never never again !

Edited by black1 on Monday 31st October 17:53

[StormLoaded]

black1 said:

allways take my jag to swallows never had prob with train, they pick you up and drop you off at rail st
trains back to brizzle ever 30mins
if you have to change at weston just nip into off the rails and have a nice beer to calm yourself down

Edited by black1 on Monday 31st October 08:36

hmmm The Rails.. what a lovely pub.......

[black1]

aint it great, most days you will se angry apples there with all of his mates lol

[Rostfritt]

I took the train from highbridge a while ago, after cycling to Burnham to see a friend. Was a lovely journey there, only took 3 hours. The train back has to be one of the most painfully slow trains I have been on, I never knew there were so many stations within Bristol. This seemed to make slower progress than the one I took in Russia that stopped at stations without names.

[Allyc85]

I looked at getting a bus from my sisters in Clevedon to Bristol Airport back in September and was slightly put off by the 2.5 hour journey time and decided that leaving home earlier and paying for 4 days parking was much better!

[black1]

Rostfritt said:

I took the train from highbridge a while ago, after cycling to Burnham to see a friend. Was a lovely journey there, only took 3 hours. The train back has to be one of the most painfully slow trains I have been on, I never knew there were so many stations within Bristol. This seemed to make slower progress than the one I took in Russia that stopped at stations without names.

so why did it take 3hrs ?

[Vipers]

black1 said:

Rostfritt said:

I took the train from highbridge a while ago, after cycling to Burnham to see a friend. Was a lovely journey there, only took 3 hours. The train back has to be one of the most painfully slow trains I have been on, I never knew there were so many stations within Bristol. This seemed to make slower progress than the one I took in Russia that stopped at stations without names.

so why did it take 3hrs ?

So many trains within Bristol, try the train from Simonstown to Cape Town, I do believe its in the Guinness of Records for the amount of stations within a small distance...... but was worth it when we got to the Navigators Den and downed a few tinnies.

[oblio]

Six Fiend said:

And yes I know I dropped an "i" in the thread title

Could have been worse...could have dropped the "l"

[Rostfritt]

black1 said:

so why did it take 3hrs ?

3 hours to cycle. I think the train was 45 mins.