A day trip in Devon with Stagecoach

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Have you ever checked out your petrol payments lately and felt a tear prick at your eye or a sick feeling roll round in your tummy? Effectively worry no extra, as a result of visitor author Gabi Hadley has deliberate an ideal day trip for you that’s not going to interrupt the financial institution. 

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With petrol costs and parking charges skyrocketing, we’re all starting to seek out household outings a little bit of a pressure on the purse strings.

So, on a mission to place the ‘enjoyable’ again in a ‘household enjoyable day trip’, we’re utilizing Stagecoach’s useful Journey Planner device to plan a household day trip round Devon for lower than £40. If you wish to deal with the youngsters (and your self too after all) with out burning a gap in your pocket, learn on. 

Discovering Our Route

To get us going, we used Stagecoach’s Journey Planner to browse native bus routes, instances and costs. It additionally supplied some inspiration for a household day trip when deciding the place we may simply go with out strolling too removed from bus stops.

After consulting the Journey Planner, we discovered a route from Barnstaple to Croyde, working each half-hour. At solely £12 for a Group Return (1 Grownup, 2 Kids), what’s to not like?  

Get pleasure from a Morning in Barnstaple

Beginning at Barnstaple, we first loved a morning of enjoyable and video games on the Junglaroos indoor comfortable play centre.

For 2 youngsters and one grownup, a few hours right here will solely set you again £15.85.

After Junglaroos, we headed to Tesco and seize some bits for a seaside picnic in Croyde. Should you get inventive along with your picnic snacks, you possibly can hold this at £10-12.

Some nice concepts for inexpensive picnic treats

• Bread Rolls
• Jam Doughnuts 
• Veggies 
• Household Pack of Crisps 
• Hummus

Attempting to entertain and placate the youngsters while travelling is at all times a bit of difficult.

Should you get a bit misplaced or don’t fairly handle to stay to schedule (who does?), you possibly can examine reside bus instances and routes on Stagecoach’s Journey Planner to get you again on observe.

Absorb Croyde’s Magnificence with a Picnic

With our picnic provides and return tickets sorted, we hopped on the 21C bus to Croyde and jumped off at cease ‘Downend’. It was a simple trip that was even higher with out the stress or value (£16 for the day!) of discovering a parking spot. 

Croyde is beautiful. The coastal haven is right for a picnic lunch, enjoyable on the seashore or strolling alongside the shoreline to Nationwide Belief hotspot Dishevelled Level. That final one has a shocking view over the idyllic surroundings of Exmoor and its dramatic shoreline.

Like us, in the event you handle to do your picnic on a budget, you might even have some money leftover for a cheeky ice cream!

Dwelling time 

After a fab day trip and about in Devon, it was time to get the youngsters again dwelling.

Heading again to Barnstaple was straightforward utilizing our return tickets. The children had been drained out, the checking account was nonetheless intact and we had been very satisfied after a enjoyable household day trip all with solely £40. 

Plan your subsequent household day trip

Fancy exploring additional out than Devon or utilizing buses for a enjoyable and inexpensive day trip in your native space? Why not problem your self to a household outing on a funds with Stagecoach buses?

Simply head to Stagecoach’s Journey Planner and take a look at bus routes close to you to start out planning.

Disclosure: this put up is a collaboration with Stagecoach.

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