Is it possible to get to Llandrindod cheaply?

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Looks like a right pain in the arse to get to. Train fares are expensive.

National Express buses go to Cardiff cheap, but then you've still got to get from Cardiff to Llandrindod

So, is there a cheap and quick way from Cardiff that doesn't involve too many changes?

Alternative ways other than Cardiff? Going to Hereford seems a bit of a pain as well, so not sure that's any quicker or cheaper

 

[Belushi]

No basically. Why the are you going to Llandod?

 

[AnnaKarpik]

Isn't Birmingham about as close as Cardiff?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No basically. Why the are you going to Llandod?

That's unfortunately where the people I will be visiting live

 

[weltweit]

Hire a car?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Isn't Birmingham about as close as Cardiff?

Was wondering about Birmingham as well, but thought I'd come on here as the Welsh would have a better idea and save me tearing my hair out.

I've just flown to Ireland and back (two of us) for cheaper than it costs to get a train to Wales

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hire a car?

Don't drive

 

[AnnaKarpik]

There are trains direct from Birmingham, but not often from cursory look. That patch of Wales is very close to England, transportly speaking; I know plenty of persons from Llandrindod end up in Hereford hospital.

National express run to birmingham or Hereford and there is a bus from Hereford.

 

[cesare]

You can do it for £157 for 2 adults, return

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I know plenty of persons from Llandrindod end up in Hereford hospital.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You can do it for £157 for 2 adults, return

Exactly, I just flew to Ireland and back for less than that!

 

[weltweit]

.. scratch that

 

[cesare]

Exactly, I just flew to Ireland and back for less than that!

With train fares to and from airports for two there and back as well?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

With train fares to and from airports for two there and back as well?

ok, £10 each on National Express to Stansted as well

and £10 each on NE from Gatwick

 

[editor]

Train journey would be sooo much nicer than a coach trip.

 

[cesare]

ok, £10 each on National Express to Stansted as well

and £10 each on NE from Gatwick

How about in Ireland?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Train journey would be sooo much nicer than a coach trip.

Yeah, but I was figuring on a long bus trip himself could have a nice long kip. On trains, I think we'd have to change twice and no doubt wait around on freezing train platforms/waiting rooms etc. Doesn't really look like there's a cheap way of getting there so it's looking more and more like train is the way to go.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

How about in Ireland?

Well normally we don't pay anything as someone collects us and drops us off, but €8 each on the bus on return leg.

 

[cesare]

Well normally we don't pay anything as someone collects us and drops us off, but €8 each on the bus on return leg.

Can the Llandod people pick you up from Shrewsbury?

 

[editor]

Yeah, but I was figuring on a long bus trip himself could have a nice long kip. On trains, I think we'd have to change twice and no doubt wait around on freezing train platforms/waiting rooms etc. Doesn't really look like there's a cheap way of getting there so it's looking more and more like train is the way to go.

As far as I'm concerned, a holiday starts when I get on the train. So long as I've got a seat I'm happy enough. You should only have to change once though.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Can the Llandod people pick you up from Shrewsbury?

Don't really want them to have to do that as they'll be busy the day we're coming

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

As far as I'm concerned, a holiday starts when I get on the train. So long as I've got a seat I'm happy enough. You should only have to change once though.

True enough, but having just been to Ireland, and having to go to Wales twice between now and November, and having to get a hotel for two nights on one occasion, trying to save money

 

[joustmaster]

try and befriend someone who can drive.
tell them you want to take them on an exciting holiday to a foreign country, for free.
it will be cheaper, but will cost you the loss of one friend.

 

[Pickman's model]

Looks like a right pain in the arse to get to. Train fares are expensive.

National Express buses go to Cardiff cheap, but then you've still got to get from Cardiff to Llandrindod

So, is there a cheap and quick way from Cardiff that doesn't involve too many changes?

Alternative ways other than Cardiff? Going to Hereford seems a bit of a pain as well, so not sure that's any quicker or cheaper

go somewhere else imo

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

oh, I've just had a thought

Rail Card may reduce cost if I have to go twice this year, and I'll be going next year as well

 

[weltweit]

Minnie_the_Minx, is there a reason why you don't drive?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Minnie_the_Minx, is there a reason why you don't drive?

A) Because I don't know how to
B) Because I don't have a car
C) I wouldn't be mad enough to want to in London
D) Probably couldn't afford it even if I did have one

It looks like there's a cheap fare from London to Shrewsbury and from Shrewsbury to Llandrindod so I may do that. There's no doubt a catch somewhere along the line

 

[Celt]

Disabled railcard entitles the disabled person and carer to 33.3% off railtravel, it costs £20 if that helps

 

[weltweit]

A) Because I don't know how to
B) Because I don't have a car
C) I wouldn't be mad enough to want to in London
D) Probably couldn't afford it even if I did have one

Fair enough. I think even if I didn't have a car I would still want to have a driving licence, I saw getting one as a sort of rite of passage of growing up.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Fair enough. I think even if I didn't have a car I would still want to have a driving licence, I saw getting one as a sort of rite of passage of growing up.

I was too busy saving for my flat when growing up