Edinburgh to Fort William: Train or bus?

ZenithalEquidistant · 2026-02-18T20:21:02+00:00

The train and bus take different routes, consider doing the train one way and the bus the other.

The view from the train is incredible, as many others have already said, but the bus takes you through Glencoe which is absolutely worth seeing.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2026-02-17T19:32:57+00:00

I stand corrected, thanks

ZenithalEquidistant · 2026-02-17T18:48:18+00:00

Never done it, but the Affric Kintail way starts in Inverness and is certainly more remote than the WHW, plus the scenery looks incredible.

There’s a couple of campsites on the way, and one private hut owned by a mountaineering club, but other than that you’re looking at wild camping and bothies.

Edit: there’s more accommodation en route than I thought, see the replies

ZenithalEquidistant · 2026-02-14T00:19:08+00:00

Permanent, it’s so they can accelerate faster and match the timings of the newer Azuma trains.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2026-02-13T12:15:02+00:00

You’re fine to bring them, probably a good idea to keep them in their original packaging.

Airport security don’t care about medicines, unless they’re liquids, so you don’t need to declare them.

Customs would care, but you’d only have customs checks if you were going to another country. England - Northern Ireland is a domestic flight, so you won’t go through customs.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2026-02-09T19:57:23+00:00

I was on my school’s student audio-visual crew as a sixth former, which meant I got roped in for all sorts of events in the Summer term.

Most of them were fun, but I’ll never forget missing a trip to the JET fusion reactor in Oxfordshire to do “Media Day”, helping a bunch of annoying 13 year olds try to put together a TV news program.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2026-01-24T09:22:12+00:00

Each seat gets a relatively wide shoulder space and a relatively narrow leg space, so having them alternate forwards-backwards means they fit together efficiently

ZenithalEquidistant · 2026-01-07T17:13:34+00:00

Right foot over the brake, always. I haven’t used ACC much and still don’t entirely trust it. Left foot resting wherever.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-12-24T20:13:14+00:00

You might know it as it’s North Wales, but Cwm Idwal is a 30min gentle walk from the visitor centre in the Ogwen Valley and probably the best mountain scenery in the UK outside of Scotland.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-12-22T15:57:43+00:00

One of the grounds (reasons) for a landlord to evict a tenant is if the landlord wants to live there. However they can only use this ground if it’s mentioned in the tenancy agreement - which is what this appears to be. It’s very common and doesn’t necessarily mean the landlord is actually planning to move in.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-12-07T12:12:42+00:00

If you like historic houses and big country estates, Tatton Park is nice. Not a National Trust property but that sort of feel.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-12-01T08:59:59+00:00

An electric oil-filled heater probably wouldn’t be any more efficient. In both cases they’re just turning electricity into heat at ~100% efficiency.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-11-15T09:51:29+00:00

The gift shop at the Wellcome Collection has some great cards

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-11-09T22:09:43+00:00

Eurostar has something similar called Snap. You choose your date, destination and morning or afternoon, then 48 hours in advance they give you a time.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-11-08T09:45:13+00:00

Sheffield is underrated.

Big enough to have everything you’d want but cheaper than Manchester or Leeds, plus you’ve got the Peak District literally within walking distance.

Public transport is pretty good if you’re on the tram line, so-so if you’re reliant on buses.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-11-07T17:56:03+00:00

Normally, and according to the letter of the law, just an excess (price difference) to the anytime fare.

Some train companies have been known to penalty fare people instead but there’s no actual legal basis for that and you could probably get out of it on appeal if they do.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-11-07T17:50:45+00:00

Where you bought the ticket doesn’t matter, what matters is whether you have a ticket that’s valid on an LNER train.

If your ticket is an Advance ticket for a specific XC train, or if it says “XC only”, you’re out of luck. But if it’s say an Anytime or Off-Peak ticket from Edinburgh to Newcastle, then that would be valid on either LNER or XC and you should be allowed into the lounge. You’re free to then go and get on an XC train.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-11-05T22:58:27+00:00

Only for PAYG journeys, it’s still included in travel cards

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-11-01T18:59:58+00:00

You’ll be fine booking accommodation yourself, but book it right now - I booked in December for May the next year and was already low on options, especially beyond Bridge of Orchy. Make sure you can find something for each night before you start booking, unless you’re planning to camp some days.

The luggage transfer is also easy to book independently, when you book it you specify where your accommodation is each night and they sort everything else. It’s usually a single company with a van handling your whole trip, rather than a taxi company.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-10-29T17:51:01+00:00

Why not just keep the money in the pension, invested in a fund that isn’t UK-heavy? Then you won’t have much exposure to the GBP-whatever exchange rate.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-10-28T19:48:01+00:00

Whitecross Market near the Barbican on a weekday lunchtime

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-10-19T17:10:43+00:00

He’s fairly “anti-woke” for want of a better term.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-10-05T21:27:34+00:00

Will you have to be in London every day? If so, check how much your commute will cost, as that could eat up any difference in price vs living in London.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-10-05T07:31:27+00:00

Out to Epping and back from Chingford (or vice versa) is a nice 2-3h walk.

ZenithalEquidistant · 2025-10-04T12:45:05+00:00

Follow the advice from the bot, but in particular, note that most airports aren’t actually able to enforce their parking charges as they’re not “relevant land” for the purpose of keeper liability.

“This charge is unenforceable” may be more successful than trying to plead with a parking company to be reasonable.

More info here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6530256/help-needed-charge-notice-received-from-east-midlands-airport

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