Has anyone every tried it? How long did it take?
2007-02-03 21:25:34 · 8 answers · asked by JoJo 4 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
National Express coach from London Victoria to Inverness leaves at about 11pm at night arrives about 11am the next morning. Takes about 12 1/2 hours. From there take a local bus to Wick, and then another local bus to John O'Groats. The latter might only be a summer service and very infrequent but should hopefully be doable before sunset on day two, by which time you'd have been travelling for the better part of 24 hours.
If you kept to local buses such as Stagecoach, you'd have to change countless times, doing each segment in small stages, pay far more, and probably end up sleeping overnight in several bus stations once services stop for the evening and you can't get any further.
I guess you'd probably have to take the A1/M1 corridor through the North East. Probably something like London - Watford, Watford - Luton, Luton - Bedford, Bedford-Huntingdon, Huntingdon-Peterborough, Peterborough - Grantham, Grantham - Newark, Newark-Worksop, Worksop-Sheffield, Sheffield - Barnsley, Barnsley-Wakefield, Wakefield - Leeds, Leeds - Harrogate, Harrogate - Ripon, Ripon-Northallerton, Northallerton-Darlington, Darlington-Durham, Durham-Newcastle, Newcastle-Morpeth, Morpeth - Alnwick, Alnwick - Berwick, Berwick - Edinburgh, Edinburgh - Stirling, Stirling - Inverness, Inverness-Wick and Wick-John O'Groats. One helluva journey, but don't quote me on the exact route !
2007-02-03 22:28:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mental Mickey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes theoretically it is possible as long as you do not mind a little walk between bus stops etc. It would take ages and you would be really disappointed when you got there. I was gob smacked when I got there last October to discover that you had to pay for a guy to put up the sign post saying Lands End ??? miles. It is positively bleak!
Scotland hosts some truly awesome sights John 'O' Groats is not one of them.
2007-02-03 21:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by tigger_pooh_on_you 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would certainly be possible although much easier in the summer peak. If you can get yourself to Inverness on one of the major bus lines, then from there citylink run to Wick. From Wick there are regular departures to John O groats by one of the local bus companies. Would take a while though, well over a day.
2007-02-03 21:37:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the time it would take travelling the whole length on a bus, but I did once travel from Sevenoaks in Kent to Thurso and it took 23 hours on the train.
You could 'break it down' into time zones by finding out how long it takes by bus from city to city and adding up those times.
Have fun!
2007-02-03 21:38:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would involve a lot of sleeping in bus stations!
At least 3-4 Days
Try national express it will be a lot cheaper and easier
2007-02-03 21:39:07 · answer #5 · answered by Northern Spriggan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
london central - inverness..national express.
inverness - wick...scottish city link
wick - john o'groats....Highland Country (Rapsons)'s bus 77
2007-02-03 21:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by slashdog2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you would have to walk or run some of the way
2007-02-03 21:36:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im stopped off at an internet cafe in newquay,. its taken me a year so far.
2007-02-03 21:34:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋