Foreword Welcome Aboard How to Use this Book FIFTY BUS JOURNEYSLONDON AND THE HOME COUNTIES 1 Simply Red: a Capital Route: London: Regent Street to Blackwall (by Alastair Willis)BUS STOP A: CENTENARIAN BUS ROUTES 2 Island Odyssey: the Isle of Grain: Chatham to Grain (by Paul Wren)3 Exploring the Cinque Ports: Dover to Hastings (by Matthew Reames)4 The Sussex Coast: Towns and Downs: Brighton to Eastbourne (by Jenny Jones)5 Country Lanes to Guildford: Aldershot to Guildford (by Sylvia Cole)6 Along the Pilgrim''s Way: Guildford to Redhill (by Nicky Gardner)7 A Meander through Beds, Bucks and Herts:Luton to Aylesbury (by Brian Grigg)SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ENGLAND 8 The Secret Delights of North Hampshire:Newbury to Andover (by Pauline Phillips)9 Moonraker Country: Trowbridge to Swindon (by Vicki Messam)10 Land of the Summer Folk: Wells to Taunton (by Pat Robinson)11 The Purbeck Breezer: Bournemouth to Swanage (by Angela Simpkins)12 The Jurassic Coast: West: Exeter to Lyme Regis (by Hilary Bradt)13 The Jurassic Coast: East: Lyme Regis to Poole (by Ronald Lee)BUS STOP B: WIDECOMBE FARES 14 The Exmoor Roller Coaster:Minehead to Lynmouth (by Pam Johnston)15 Sauntering through the South Hams: Plymouth to Dartmouth (by John Deacon)16 The Haytor Hoppa: A Dartmoor Delight: Dartmoor circular route (by Hilary Bradt)17 The Magic of Mount''s Bay: Helston to Penzance (by Marilyn Cliff )WALES 18 Border Crossing: Hereford to Llandrindod Wells (by Tim Locke)19 East to West across North Wales: Wrexham to Barmouth (by Tony Hopkins)20 Across the Clwydian Hills: Mold to Ruthin (by Tony Newman)21 A Taste of Wild Wales: Aberystwyth to Tregaron (by Nicky Gardner)BUS STOP C: ARE BUSES BORING? CENTRAL ENGLAND 22 Through the Marches: Ludlow to Hereford (by Victor Chamberlain)23 Over the Hills to Chippy: Banbury to Chipping Norton (by Peter Draper)24 Orbital Delights:Birmingham circular route (by Nicky Gardner)25 Exploring the World of Saints and Tigers: Northampton to Leicester (by Alastair Willis)26 With the Sea to your Right: Cromer to King''s Lynn (by Laurence Mitchell)BUS STOP D: VIEW FROM THE TOP 27 Along the Waveney Valley: Diss to Beccles (by Laurence Mitchell)28 The Road to Skegness: Lincoln to Skegness (by Laurence Mitchell)PENNINES AND YORKSHIRE 29 Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle: Buxton to Macclesfi eld (by Ann Clark)30 Potteries to Peak: The Buxton Flyer: Hanley to Buxton (by Patricia Walter)31 From Ghost Trains to Glasshouses: Matlock to Sheffi eld (by Wendy Green)32 Where Industry Meets the Pennine Foothills: Hyde to Oldham (by Stuart Vallantine)33 In the Shadow of the Moors: Oldham to Ashton-under-Lyne (by Martin Clark)BUS STOP E: TRAMS AND TROLLEYBUSES 34 Journey to the Heart of North Yorkshire: Leeds to Ripon (by Pearl Lewis)35 A Wensleydale Double Delight: Bedale to Hawes (by Richard Kingsbury)36 Abbey to Castle: The Yorkshire Coast: Whitby to Scarborough (by Jill Stuart)37 Two Vales: Pickering and York: Scarborough to York (by Jill Stuart)38 The Moorsbus Experience: Northallerton to Helmsley (by Marjorie Fossick)CUMBRIA AND NORTHUMBERLAND 39 The Honister Rambler: Lake District circular route (by Michael Holmes)40 A Nostalgic Ride through the Lake District:Keswick to Windermere (by Betty Dove)41 The Kirkstone Rambler: Bowness to Glenridding (by Paul Heels)42 Escape from Penrith: Penrith to Patterdale (by Ruth Kershaw)43 Along Hadrian''s Wall in AD122: Carlisle to Hexham (by Margaret Brough)44 Coast to Coast 200: Carlisle to Newcastle upon Tyne (by Carol Purves)BUS STOP F: COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES45 North Sea Coastal Splendour: Newcastle upon Tyne to Berwick-upon-Tweed (by David Beilby)SCOTLAND 21046 Exploring the Tweed Valley:Berwick-upon-Tweed to Galashiels (by Richard West)47 Cowal Connections:Dunoon to Portavadie (by Douglas Blades)48 Essential Scotland:Glasgow to Campbeltown (by Deirdre Forsyth)49 To Rannoch''s Wild Moor: Pitlochry to Rannoch Moor (by Richard West)50 Four Firths in the Far North:Inverness to Thurso (by Eric Newton)BUS STOP G: LOST AND FOUND REFERENCE SECTIONBus-Pass Basics Planning Longer Journeys (by Janice Booth) Meet the Team behind Bus-Pass Britain Index of Place Names Feedback Request.