Why and whither to Hither Green?

An answer after travelling towards Hither Green (well actually to Waterloo and Central London) on Wednesday 8th August 2012.
In brief: IT IS ACTUALLY CHEAPER TO BUY RAIL TICKETS TO OBSCURE STATIONS IN LONDON SUBURBS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF LONDON FROM WHENCE YOU COME, THAN TO BUY TICKETS TO 'YOUR' LONDON TERMINAL.
So a return ticket to Hither Green at the height of the Olympics, admittedly via the slow Salisbury route cost a Senior rail card holder £20.40; a similar return to Waterloo was about £25 and to Paddington about £30 - all advance tickets available two or three days before travel and  arriving in London after 11.00 and getting back to Bristol after 22.00.
Experiment on the First Great Western website.

Recent trips from Bristol to be reported

Photo selection from recent days out - details to be reported in due course

One night trip to Pembrokeshire coast

Staying in Bristol - the Henleaze Lake

Westbury Park Strollers 7th October 2012 day out

Further details in due  course for Westbury Park Strollers

Day Out from Bristol to Stourhead NT Sat. 19th May 2012

STOURHEAD with BRISTOL'S HIGH CROSS 19th May  Stourhead -- National Trust arranged by  dnembruce@btinternet.com  18th Century Italian Park and Gardens  and BRISTOL’S HIGH CROSS then Palladian Mansion A day out with the Bristol Civic Society on Saturday 19th May. An Opportunity to go round  Italian Gardens at Stourhead Mansion  at the peak of the spring and the rhododendrons

Greenish way to Tenby Walled Town

Starting from Bristol (but it could quite easily have been London - see note at end) a trip by public transport to the walled town of Tenby makes a fine short break and with Pembrokeshire a wonderful longer holiday or stop off on the way to Ireland. Tenby is the founder member of Walled Towns Friendship Circle (now European WalledTowns) and home of Peter Osborne MBE Life President. DMB Research pages are at http://www.walledtownsresearch.org

Once within Wales train fares in advance can be  very inexpensive to West Wales. The art is to find a cheap ticket to Cardiff and then onwards (sometimes even on the same train: see note at foot of post).

Bristol to Dorset for a couple of days with BdyB

For a Young-Old traveller or two, Dorset is an interesting place to go from Bristol. It is not really very accessible so better for a couple of days than a single day out. In the current (extraordinary) warm March weather, it can be a delight and, even in normal weather, a pleasure.
For instance:
Day one
Take the 0841 First Great Western (FGW) Weymouth train,