Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings: Inverary to Dunoon
Benmore Gardens and Puck’s Glen Today’s outing, 26 July 2023, would take me down the length of the Cowal peninsula, from Inveraray to Dunoon, taking in Benmore Botanic Gardens and Puck’s Glen. The trip could be done either from Dunoon in the south, or from Inveraray in the north, but I decided on the Inveraray […]
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Friday, July 28, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wullie Davidson: Bus Pass Rambles – Tobermory
Thursday, 22 June 2023 I first visited Tobermory in the summer of 2019. It was the day of the Wimbledon ladies’ final, when Simona Halep beat Serena Williams 6-2 6-2, and I spent much of the little time I had in a bar watching the match. So, I didn’t really do it justice. I decided […]
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Saturday, June 24, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wully Davidson Bus Pass Rambles: Kerrera
5 June, 2023 Kerrera After Thursday’s failed attempt, due to a coach blocking the road after becoming stuck in a ditch, I decided to get back on the horse for another go at visiting Kerrera. The 0830 bus from Buchanan bus station arrived in Oban at 1136 and I caught a taxi for the 2 […]
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Thursday, June 8, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks in Glasgow, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wully Davidson: Kerrera Misadventure
Bus Pass Rambles – 1 June, 2023 Today’s trip was supposed to take me to Kerrera island to walk a six mile loop along its southern half. Kerrera is the island a few hundred yards from Oban. The 0830 bus from Glasgow to Oban should have taken 3 hours, but there was an accident on […]
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Sunday, June 4, 2023 | Filed under: Walks in Glasgow, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wullie Davidson: Bus Pass Rambles – Elie to Anstruther
Fife Coastal Path – Elie to Anstruther (Tuesday 18 April 2023) With a sunny day expected, I decided to get out and do my first bus pass ramble of the year. This one would take me back to the east neuk of Fife to walk a six mile section of the Fife coastal path from […]
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wully Davidson’s Bus Pass Rambles: Warm Day in the West Highlands
Glasgow to Oban Wednesday was forecasted to be a warm day in the west Highlands, as an area of high pressure over the UK would be centred there. I decided on a trip down the west coast from Fort William to Oban. Journey time 1 hour and 33 minutes. The bus from Buchanan Street left […]
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Sunday, August 29, 2021 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wully Davidson’s Blog: Isle of Gigha
Bus Pass Ramblings – August 2021 Tayinloan Village – Ferry Terminal Today’s trip would take me to the small island of Gigha, a few miles west of the Mull of Kintyre. The Campbeltown bus from Glasgow left Buchanan St at 0910, and arrived at Tayinloan village at 1253. A half hour later, it would arrive […]
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Sunday, August 15, 2021 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Travel, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wullie Davidson: Bus Pass Ramblings – Crail to Anstruther
15 july 2021 – East Neuk of Fife Today’s trip would take me to what’s known as the ‘east neuk of Fife’, ‘neuk’ being an old Scots word for ‘corner’. The 0820 bus from Buchanan St arrived at St Andrews at 1105. From there, I got a bus to Crail, which took 34 minutes. Crail […]
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Sunday, July 18, 2021 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings: Inverary and Tarbert
Today’s (30 June, 2021) trip would take me from Inveraray to Tarbert, ferry to Portavadie, bus to Dunoon, and ferry to Gourock. The highlight of the day would be a one hour walk to a watchtower on a high promontory overlooking Scotland’s longest sea loch, Loch Fyne. It was the warmest day of the year, […]
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Day Away on Scottish Ferries
Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings With news accounts of day trippers to England’s south coast beaches being packed like sardines into trains, and the story of the Millport ferry turning turtle due to the sheer weight of passengers (maybe some exaggeration there), I was beginning to feel left out. I hadn’t actually heard an official […]
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Thursday, August 13, 2020 | Filed under: Travel, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wullie Davidson Bus Pass Ramblings: Glasgow – Inverness – Fort William
This outing didn’t quite go to plan. Decided on the Glasgow-Inverness-Fort William-Glasgow run. There’s a change at Perth for the Inverness stage, for which the timetable allots 5 minutes, except the connecting bus had ‘broken down’, and there would be an hour’s delay, which was actually an hour and 15 minutes. Cut a long short, […]
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Saturday, November 2, 2019 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings – West Highland Railway, Mallaig and Ferry to Armadale
he West Highland Railway from Mallaig to Glasgow via Fort William, has been a ‘bucket list’ ambition for me for a long time. Saturday was predicted to be a fine day, so I decided to get out and do it. It’s also on the bucket list of many tourists who come to Scotland, and this […]
Monday, September 23, 2019 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Rambles: North Berwick and Dunbar
Two destinations today (Saturday 14 September, 2019) – North Berwick and Dunbar. I’m getting gallus. I’d never been to either. There was a good bus service to both from Edinburgh, a bus every half hour. I decided to go to North Berwick first, then on to Dunbar, before returning to Edinburgh. North Berwick North Berwick […]
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Sunday, September 15, 2019 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings: St Andrews
I’ve taken a week of my annual leave this week, and decided to do an ‘easy one’. Today, it was St Andrews, mainly because I’ve never been there, but also because a nurse who was attending me during a recent medical procedure said it was ‘fantastic’. At just 2 hours and 36 minutes from Glasgow, […]
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Friday, September 13, 2019 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland
