On The Buses

On The Buses
Day five and Simon and I caught the bus in Buttington. We had been advised to go to Shrewsbury where there would be a better chance of getting a bus to Newcastle.

On arriving at the bus station in Shrewsbury I stayed with the packs, all 50kg of them, while Simon went in to the station for information.

Simon went up to the woman on the enquiry desk and announced "I need to get to Newcastle on Clun" to which the woman put her head in her hands and groaned. Apparently there is a bus that goes from Newtown to Newcastle but it only runs on every other Tuesday and that wasn't this Tuesday.

So we then had to get on the same bus we arrived on to take us back through Buttington to Newtown. At Newtown we were advised by another bus driver that the only chance we had was to get a taxi. So that's what we did.

We arrived at the campsite at around 2:30pm having been travelling since 9:30am. We had to wait then until about 5pm before the campsite owner turned up to tell us where we could set up our tents. It wasn't long after that when Russ arrived looking as fresh as a daisy with a big smile on his face.

Tomorrow Simon and I are taking the kit down to Knighton in a taxi to have a little mooch around and stock up on provisions (Russ's Mars bars) then, hopefully, catch the bus to Kington which is the next overnight spot.

After the 20 miles I walked yesterday my right knee has been screaming at me today so I will rest it tomorrow and then make a decision about whether I will tackle the next leg, Kington to Hay.

The landlady at the The Crown, Lindsey, has just given us the phone number of a taxi firm in Knighton in case there is no bus. Lindsey has been very helpful to us this evening and cooked three very fine meals.

Richard.

Location:Newcastle on Clun