Free bus travel for the over 60s in England

System

Hm, this could be good. I'd like to think that when I started the thread "Have bus pass, want to travel", it was with something like this in mind.

Now that you've become the first (that I know of) to produce site of it's kind, I'm sure you would agree that area's/category's are next to be included.

If area's ie south/west or anglia or south east were to appear, in fact all regions, then folk who live in any particular area, could enter what they feel is a journey worthy of taking.

Incidentally, we recently travelled by bus to a neighbouring town 7miles away and went to the local tourism office where we discovered bus services available that we had heard nothing about. The reason for that is because they didn't actually cover our home town, but did the neighbouring town, so in effect this opened up a new opportunity to travel that bit further. All we had to do was make the journey, a distance of 7 miles to discover that "new" area.

This brings me back full circle. Provide the regional area's and let those who live in them, publish their best/recommendations.

Absoluutbeginner

Thank you harryhound and islandman, this is exactly the feedback I'm looking for!

Will implement the changes you advised, harryhound.

I'm working on the different regions, islandman, and hopefully I will add them shortly.

Thanks for your kind words.

System

Absoluutbeginner

But where is your original post? that we have constructively commented on? has it been removed to update?. Maybe if you had left it there then others might equally have contributed worthwhile suggestions that would lead to you having a successful and much needed site for accessing the "best in free travel".

I sent you a PM, have you noticed it?

I'm sure we all look forward to you bringing the site back.

harryhound

I think it has been taken down as advertising?
Shame really as it was obviously an amateur one-man-band effort BUT I expect "petrolbusters" & "friendsreunited" were very small ventures when first started?

Absoluutbeginner

Hi islandman and harryhound, yes, the link must have been removed because it might be considered as advertising :mad: I do have moneysavingexpert as a link on my sight, though. Thought it might be reciprocal. Oh well, never mind.

Thanks for your interest. I will still keep posting here now and again.

Regards

System

Please send me the link via a PM.

Former_MSE_Andrea

Hi

Just to let you know I've reinstated Absoluutbeginner's post. As far as I can see there's no personal gain being made from it.

Thanks for creating it, it looks like it could be very useful.

Have a good weekend

Andrea

Absoluutbeginner

Thanks again Andrea, :j

I hope it will be useful to the community.

Absoluutbeginner

harryhound

I see the newspapers have been having fun with long distance pensioners doing South to North and West to East record journeys. Youth hostel pass anybody?

Edinburghlass_2

Absoluutbeginner wrote: »

Thanks again Andrea, :j

I hope it will be useful to the community.

Absoluutbeginner

Can you add something to the effect that Wales and Scotland have their own free bus pass rather than just say that the English one can't be used in Wales and Scotland?

Thanks.

edited to add link for Scotland... http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/concessionary-travel

link for Wales http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/transport/IntegratedTransport/concessionaryTravel/?lang=en