Nick On the trains check out a Brit rail England pass. It's only available to overseas visitors and allows a child to travel free with a paying adult. It's pretty flexible too.
https://www.visitbritainshop.com/world/britrail-england-pass/ Alternatively check out the various rail passes on offer as buying one of these will probably save you more than it costs. If you end up buying standard tickets check out 2 singles v return. Regards Andy Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Jul 2015, at 11:44, John Lee <bruvvalee...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Nicholas > Yep, 12 weeks ahead for cheaper (not cheap) train tickets - get in quick too. > Settle might be a nice choice, but better might be Ilkley. In Ilkley you can > walk straight onto the moor from town and make it as long or short as you > like, there's a train service to Leeds, and loads of places to eat/drink. > Lots of nice places around us in Knaresborough/Harrogate, but loathe to > recommend hotels/b&bs as never stayed in any. Mail me off list when your > plans are firmer and I'll offer any help I can. > Cheers > John > From: John Boocock <j...@boocock.net> > To: leedslist@gn.apc.org > Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 15:39 > Subject: Re: [LU] Yorkshire help > >> On 14/07/2015 15:03, [broken-address] Nicholas Armit wrote: >> Mentioned a while back about trying to make it over from the US in November >> to attend a game and now have other ideas and questions. >> I am coming with my 13 year old son and we intend staying in Leeds the night >> of the game. Then we would like to go somewhere walking the next day with an >> overnight stay at a country pub somewhere then back to Leeds the next day to >> get back to London. All this will need to be accessible by public transport >> as we will not have a car. >> So my questions: >> >> - Any recommendations of somewhere to go walking in the countryside >> relatively close to Leeds (maybe no more than an hour away) where we could >> then finish off at somewhere we could spend the night? The Dales look close >> but not sure if that would be the best place. >> - Would really like to overnight in a pub in the country somewhere. Any >> recommendations for a moderate budget? Would really like something >> traditional. >> - How to get the best (cheapest) tickets to travel from London to Leeds >> the morning of the game? This will be November 21st (Rotherham I believe). >> Many thanks for any help. > > Nick, > > For my money I would go for a train in and out of Leeds to somewhere > like Settle and then check out the local spots there for accommodation > (the Lion is one of our favourites http://thelionsettle.co.uk/rooms/). > > Cheapest tickets to game will be from > https://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com/ but tickets for your travel dates > aren't announced yet as you can only book 12 weeks in advance on the > line from London to Leeds. > > Please ask any questions however daft you might think they are theres a > lot of useful knowledge here :-) > > Betty > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
