Bus pass applied for.

[Brandane]

As the milestone birthday rapidly approaches, I have completed the online application for my pass to free bus travel throughout Scotland. With the price of petrol, my intention is to use it!
Feeling old now....

 

[PeteXXX]

I've had mine for so long I had to renew it 😂

 

[Mo1959]

As the milestone birthday rapidly approaches, I have completed the online application for my pass to free bus travel throughout Scotland. With the price of petrol, my intention is to use it!
Feeling old now....

Had mine 3 years and haven't used it......I really should as you get so little for free these days!

 

[Bobby Mhor]

As the milestone birthday rapidly approaches, I have completed the online application for my pass to free bus travel throughout Scotland. With the price of petrol, my intention is to use it!
Feeling old now....

Just think, free trips to Inverclyde

 

[Brandane]

Just think, free trips to Inverclyde

Certainly wouldn't be paying to go there!

 

[Brandane]

I was a mere youth of 47 when I joined this forum, nearly 13 years ago. Scary!

 

[Baldy]

Had mine a while, tend to use it when backpacking mostly. It means I don't have to worry about the car being a some remote lay-by. Plus it makes liner routes easier. Just can't take the bike on buses. I've a veteran's rail card, which gives me reduced fares but getting the bike on trains is such a hassle. I tend not to bother.

 

[tyred]

What is this thing called public transport? I don't think we have that here.

 

[ColinJ]

As the milestone birthday rapidly approaches, I have completed the online application for my pass to free bus travel throughout Scotland. With the price of petrol, my intention is to use it!
Feeling old now....

I got my English bus pass a month ago.

Had mine 3 years and haven't used it......I really should as you get so little for free these days!

I haven't used mine yet but I probably will in Devon. There is a good bus service to Exeter that I can use when visiting my sister.

I was a mere youth of 47 when I joined this forum, nearly 13 years ago. Scary!

Ah, you still get them at 60 there... I had to wait until pension age (66).

 

[ChrisKz]

From what I have been told . It takes a bus an hour and a half to get to the nearest town 20 miles away .. They can Fekk their bus passes . I will keep my 4 x 4 for as long as I can

 

[Brandane]

Just can't take the bike on buses.

There are a few that allow bikes to be carried, with the usual T&C's which make it a bit of an unpredictable experience. e.g. Some of them share the bike and wheelchair spaces, so if a wheelchair user needs the space, you're not going with a bike.
One service which carries bikes is Stagecoach X74 Glasgow to Dumfries. Could be handy for a day out sometime; get the bus to Moffat, hop off and take the back roads, or even off road via Beattock/Ae forest to Dumfries, then hop back on the bus to Glasgow.

 

[vickster]

From what I have been told . It takes a bus an hour and a half to get to the nearest town 20 miles away .. They can Fekk their bus passes . I will keep my 4 x 4 for as long as I can

Maybe the buses would be much quicker if it weren’t for the 4x4s clogging up the roads

 

[Brandane]

From what I have been told . It takes a bus an hour and a half to get to the nearest town 20 miles away .. They can Fekk their bus passes . I will keep my 4 x 4 for as long as I can

I'll be keeping my car too, but it's nice to have a free option if I want to use it. I'll be quite happy to let someone else do the driving, even if it takes a bit longer. And I can do something I loved doing in my pre driving youth which I really miss.... a quick pint or two in pubs along my route .
Anyway; an hour and a half to go 20 miles? That's about my cycling pace. Not about to give that up, either!

 

[Baldy]

There are a few that allow bikes to be carried, with the usual T&C's which make it a bit of an unpredictable experience. e.g. Some of them share the bike and wheelchair spaces, so if a wheelchair user needs the space, you're not going with a bike.
One service which carries bikes is Stagecoach X74 Glasgow to Dumfries. Could be handy for a day out sometime; get the bus to Moffat, hop off and take the back roads, or even off road via Beattock/Ae forest to Dumfries, then hop back on the bus to Glasgow.

That's interesting, none of the buses out of Stirling take them, which is why I thought none of them did.

 

[Brandane]

That's interesting, none of the buses out of Stirling take them, which is why I thought none of them did.

Some of the Borders buses carry bikes too. Link. Link2-Borders buses.