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,

Bristol to Totnes and Dartmouth

Westbury park Strollers enjoyed this day by train, foot and boat on 2nd October: Please follow links to the blog to see details costs and a report

Great NEWS about Swansea Gower Plus Bus

Discounted Swansea Plus Bus for Senior Rail Card holders. Only £1.50 to get to and from Pennard on the Gower when you buy a rail ticket to Swansea and they can be had for as little as £3.30 from Bristol Parkway.
Perhaps they listened to my plea last summer. Shame that the Gower Explorer is not included!
Anyway I shall try it out on 21st June - Watch this space.

How about.... (1) A day trip to the Gower

A day trip to the Gower from Bristol is easy and cheap without a car: about £15 return to Oxwich:

First Great Western Bristol Parkway to Swansea advance tickets can be as cheap as £3.30 each eachway. Seem to be plenty going out on mid morning trains and back in the late afternoon evening. Currently available at that price less tahn a week ahead and even for tomorrow FIRST CLASS (with free coffee etc.) is offered at about £6-70 each eachway

The buses into the Gower are relatively expensive - no concession for England resident 'young-olds' - about £4-00 each way. Veolia Gower Explorer is good value.

Wouldn't it be great if Wales Tourism could arrange a combined rail-bus ticket to attract English Concession Visitors to the Gower (and rest of Wales) WITHOUT A CAR!