Hi all

As promised, here's a map showing the bus stops closest to the campsite, and the walk up Ice House Lane to get there.

If you're coming from Exeter, get off at the Ice House Lane stop.

As you're approaching Sidmouth, the bus will turn right off the main road near Waitrose and drop down into the bottom of the valley. It'll turn left at the bottom of the hill, immediately pass a bus stop and then the next stop is Ice House Lane.

If you're coming from Honiton, you can choose to either get off at Long Park as you come into Sidmouth or ride into the centre and back out again towards Exeter, getting off at Ice House Lane. It'll be slightly quicker to get off at Long Park, but a much shorter walk from Ice House Lane (10 mins vs 20 mins).

For the Long Park stop, the bus will approach Sidmouth from Sidford, past a pub on the right hand side, near some traffic lights, called the Rising Sun. The road runs down through housing estates into Sidmouth. The stop before Long Park has a layby with an attractive wooden bus shelter. There's a high, red brick, garden wall on the left shortly afterwards. Just before the stop there's a road sign warning of elderly people on the left, and the park opens up on the right.

For the Ice House Lane stop coming out of Sidmouth, it's the second stop after the Balfour Arms pub on the right.

'Sidmouth bus' train ticket

If you're coming from Honiton, it's possible to buy an add-on to your train ticket for the bus to Sidmouth. I think it costs about £2.50 return - a fair bit cheaper than the bus fare.

You need to go to a ticket office, present your tickets and ask to buy the Sidmouth Bus add-on. Don't let them sell you "PlusBus", which is more expensive and less useful. If they need it, the station code for Sidmouth is SDT, and you can show them this page if you need to convince them that the ticket exists: https://www.southwesternrailway.com/travelling-with-us/at-the-station/bus-links

See you on Sunday!

Martin

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