Slower Travel - Adventures by Bus

In the penultimate part of our journey from Leeds to Middlesbrough, we make friends with a baby blackbird, go through the village where Gazza and Fabrizio Ravanelli used to live, and meet a monk so strict that he grassed the Benedictines up for being too hedonistic.---Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠).Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog.Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Part 2 of our Lancashire coast trip takes us around the northern end of the Fylde peninsula from Fleetwood to the bright lights of Blackpool. Along the way, we encounter a mobile scooter disco, the site of Ozzy Osbourne's first solo gig, and the Blackpool beauty queen who met Stalin. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This first part of our latest mini adventure sees Ian & Luke head for the Lancashire coast on the #89 from Lancaster to Knott End. Along the way we find the Fylde's answer to Caractacus Potts, wave to a sailor in a cowboy hat, and almost crush the life out of some lovely ducklings. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The 20th episode of Slower Travel sees us aboard the 219 from Manchester to Ashton-under-Lyne. Our run through the east of the city includes Grandad Herbert's tangle with 10cc, Audenshaw's midge clouds, and a womanising fashionista vicar. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The final episode of this three-part trip sees us on the 412 bus from York to Wetherby. The route features a culinary apocalypse, the crucible of Britain's lavatorial history, and a panto horse triumphing over one gruelling furlong. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Part 2 of our journey from Leeds to Wetherby sees us on the #42 between Selby and York. Along the way, we encounter a heavy metal pioneer, a cartoon bear guarding a state secret, and eat a delicious sandwich above a mass grave.

It's the start of a new Slower Travel adventure. This time, it's a three-part solo trip from Leeds to Wetherby, via Selby and York. We kick off on the 164 from Leeds to Selby, where we find Yorkshire's horniest pigeon, our bus driver salivating over a pie, and a kid who doesn't know how to eat Monster Munch. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

It's the final part of our one-day bus voyage from Macclesfield into the furthest reaches of north west Wales. This time, we're on the X4/4R bus from Bangor to Holyhead. Along the way we bump into Llangefni's finest Shakespearean actor, swoon over the Menai Suspension Bridge, and are challenged by Holyhead's arm wrestling champion. There's also the small matter of mangling the UK's longest place name. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This penultimate part of our Anglo-Welsh bus adventure sees us on the #5 from Llandudno to Bangor. Listen in wonder as Luke comes up with an excellent pun, we gawp at lovely goats and Conwy Castle, while Ian does a smashing job of pronouncing Llanfairfechan. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We are past the halfway point of our Macclesfield to Holyhead busathon, with the #12 taking us along the North Wales coast from Rhyl to Llandudno. Along the way, Luke suffers from a lack of provisions, we shake our fists at the North Wales Expressway on Colwyn Bay's behalf, and Ian becomes all misty eyed about Towyn. -- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Here we go with Part 3 of the one-day bus adventure all the way from Macclesfield to Holyhead. The glamour! This week, Ian and Luke take the 11/11C from Chester to Rhyl, visiting the Lourdes of Wales, a rotting fun ship, and a tangle of electricity pylons in Connah's Quay. -- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Here's part two of our six-part odyssey from Macclesfield to Holyhead, using a £5.75 Arriva day ticket. This time, we're on the 84 from Crewe to Chester. Along the way, Luke reveals that Crewe bus station is the worst place he's ever been, we find OAPs cosplaying as antiques dealers in Tarvin, and find some village names that could double up as Dickensian mill owners. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We start a new six-part adventure in which we torture a £5.75 Arriva day ticket to its - and our - limits. Me and my friend Luke take the bus from Macclesfield all the way to Holyhead, with the first leg being aboard the #38 from Macc to Crewe. Along the way, we encounter a kid subverting the rules of I Spy, Crewe's experimental town planners, and Congleton's horny pensioner mishap. Oh, and I've got a slipped disc! --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read more on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ blog. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The concluding part of our adventure sees us on the Number 41 bus from Chester to Whitchurch. Along the way, we become stranded in the middle of nowhere, marvel at the most accessorised spectacles in Cheshire, and pass the world's largest ice cream parlour. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read the original version on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In Slower Travel's spookiest episode yet, we encounter a poltergeist in Ian & El's bathroom, find out why Queen Victoria refused to open Manchester Town Hall, and visit the place with UK's highest density of Bullseye speedboat winners. --- Written, read and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ian Burke⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music by Mesita (⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mesitamusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠). Read the original version on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Slower Travel⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠.