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He is not, but he is following the rules of a over-65 bus pass, which exclude coaches. As far as I can tell, he is paying every single ticket and he is going t

• phire 5y ago
  Total is £56.95, you can see the breakdown here: https://twitter.com/politic_animal/status/1429006714641297412 https://twitter.com/politic_animal/status/142900671464129741... Apparently a walk-up train fare would cost £73.50, but he managed to pre-book his return trip train for £40.90
  • aix1 5y ago
    > he managed to pre-book his return trip train for £40.90 Those discounted fares are often tied to a specific train (i.e. a particular departure time on a given date). Kudos to the author for their faith in the ability to execute on the bus journey and get to the train in time for departure.
    • pm215 5y ago
      If you check out the end of the thread you can see that they stayed overnight in a hotel in Morecambe and took the train back the next morning. There wouldn't be a train to catch at gone midnight when they arrived in Morecambe (the last sensible train option to London leaves at about 20:00 and takes three hours). I wonder if they had a plan B for accommodation if they'd missed that last bus to Morecambe, though...
• aix1 5y ago
  > following the rules of a over-65 bus pass For non-UK readers, the significance of this restriction is that a person who are over 65 years of age would have been able to make the entire journey free of charge. https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01499/SN01499.pdf https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01...