Oh yes, Birmingham to Glasgow? Well, if yr into sit-up-straight-no-mumbling-this-is-serious-hardcore and prefer to spend your skoobies on mega-strength-cider then you could, uh, take the bus oh yea . . .

So now, here's a Birmingham > Glasgow bus route. Yes, it's a bus. And yes, it'll get you there.

Sure, it'll cost you all of - wait for it, easy now, no jostling at the back . . . - £5.00 each. Straight up. Serious money, que no?

But at £20 for four people a little cheaper than, uh, £300 for an estate car rental. Or £277 and counting for flights for four. Just checking, uh huh . . .

Click here for typical fares and schedules - is for a Thursday in April, but will be the same for May . . .

Lookit - the times are Beyond Horrid. But if yr on a budget, this is well worth a look.

Frankly, if it was me, I'd skip all this complex goobins and just take the train. Tix are released around Feb 16.Life is short, que no?

No, we won’t be on a bus.
We have to leave Thursday am and be in Lochailort same day.
It’s not a question of price beyond getting the best deal we can.
Hopefully mid February will open a window of opportunity for sensible prices.

Fly up and return the same way.
my flight from stansted to glasgow return is £86.96 including 20kg hold luggage.

I'm with Alan. :joy:

No..... I'm paying the same price from Montrose...... and he will probably have the, erm, pleasure of my company. :stuck_out_tongue:

Happy days. :laughing:

Whoop Whoop.

Just bought four tickets Droitwich Spa to Lochailort for £48.83 each with two together railcard on Trainline.
Maybe a good time for a look if your West Mids based.

Thank you for the heads-up! I have been checking recently and not had any joy. Now I have everything nicely booked thanks to your message alerting me!

Oh, and yes, do split the journey to save money!

We have booked a train with Caledonian Sleeper. Going from Euston to Fort William With one change in Edinburgh. This is just a sleeper seat not a bed but one way is only £50.00 each. Although this has no fancy perks its a cheap option :-) The company also travels from Montrose to London although we haven't booked this yet as we may end up staying and resting before travelling back to reality.

Try this website for split tickets - it does it all for you but takes 10% of the saving - well worth it!
https://raileasy.trainsplit.com/