New Spurn bus service (71E) (1 Viewer)

[Captain_of_Crunch]

Birding by public transport in Britain can be very frustrating at the best of times, but at least here is a rare bit of good news with East Yorkshire launching a Hull to Spurn bus service. At the moment it only appears to run on Saturday and Sunday, with four departures each way. Timings are not bad either, giving a potential six hours at Spurn if you get the first service and take the last one back. Leaflet from East Yorkshire buses (pdf) here:

https://passenger-line-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/eyms/EY/71E-timetable-20240404-35971ccd.pdf

Map of stops here:

71E - Hull to Spurn Discovery Centre, via Patrington and Easington

Timetable for 71E - Hull to Spurn Discovery Centre, via Patrington and Easington

www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk

 

[Farnboro John]

But who's going to use it? Hull birders will already have their systems set up to enable (a) much longer birding hours in the Spurn area and (b) movement around the really quite large area relevant to Spurn birding.

Do the trains from the rest of Yorkshire connect with the bus service (in either direction)? Clearly there is no prospect whatever of it working for more distant birders who will still be driving overnight to be there for dawn and go home late.

John

 

[KenM]

But who's going to use it? Hull birders will already have their systems set up to enable (a) much longer birding hours in the Spurn area and (b) movement around the really quite large area relevant to Spurn birding.

Do the trains from the rest of Yorkshire connect with the bus service (in either direction)? Clearly there is no prospect whatever of it working for more distant birders who will still be driving overnight to be there for dawn and go home late.

John

Perhaps Robin strokers without a driving license? 😮

 

[pete wragg]

But who's going to use it?

John

in the 70's ,as a teenager, I regularly got train to Hull, then Conner & Graham bus to Kilnsea and stayed in obs

 

[Farnboro John]

in the 70's ,as a teenager, I regularly got train to Hull, then Conner & Graham bus to Kilnsea and stayed in obs

Yes, so it wasn't a single day thing. Now that would mean out first thing Saturday back sometime Sunday (bearing in mind not everyone can be on the last bus!) or there for a week.

Anyway, for the odd individual prepared to have a short day out and with no driving birder friends to share company and costs - ideal!

John

 

[Captain_of_Crunch]

Yes, it is obviously not ideal that it is restricted to the weekends but at the very at least it means that an area that previously lacked any public transport options now has something. Considering the large number of bus routes that have been reduced or cut entirely in Britain, this is quite welcome.

I suspect there may not be a small number of birders who can't/won't drive and may not always want to rely on getting lifts from others.

 

[Steve Lister]

Back in the 70s the C&G bus ran daily. The Red-footed Falcon I found along the peninsula in 1973 (!!) was part of a C&G day trip.

 

[earlytorise]

Great news. Reminds me of the bus to Holy Island, which I've used. Am no longer in the UK but if I were there I'd wish for a bus service to a few other places too. Doesn't have to be super-frequent, so as to regulate tourist numbers. But enough to plan a weekend trip with it.

 

[IAN JAMES THOMPSON]

But who's going to use it? Hull birders will already have their systems set up to enable (a) much longer birding hours in the Spurn area and (b) movement around the really quite large area relevant to Spurn birding.

Do the trains from the rest of Yorkshire connect with the bus service (in either direction)? Clearly there is no prospect whatever of it working for more distant birders who will still be driving overnight to be there for dawn and go home late.

John

Some like me or anyone else might have there concessionary travel pass, I won’t asked what your age is. But I use the local bus service every day as well as further afield.