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The Bus Pass Road Trips

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Dominic Arkwright meets people who've used their bus passes to take on adventurous road trips.
Today he meets the lifeboatman who took on a national tour of RNLI stations.

Bill Walton travelled around the UK on his free bus pass to raise money for the RNLI. Dressed as a lifeboat man the whole way, he took 23 days to complete the journey. With an average travelling time of 7 hours per day, he caught 124 buses and clocked up 2250 miles. Show less

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