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I'm not sure if it's being passively active or actively passive, but I'm glad that it's not only me that enjoys doing it! If you ever do give your own blog a crack, make sure to let me know.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"admin","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/168-bus-ashton-chorlton\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2018-08-06 19:36:18","description":"I seem to be doing a similar tour of Greater Nanchester by bus especially the sort of cross suburbs route such as the 168, 172,  52, 53, 350 etc that whilst are not direct give a great variety of suburbs and outer towns to pass through. You see so much more on a bus than by driving or being on a train. All of life seems to pass through and quite often I will be the only person doing the whole route. I thought about writing about it but limitations of time and readability prevent this but I very much enjoy your write ups and match up with some of my own observations. Keep up the good work.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rick","url":""}}]},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/330-bus-stockport-ashton\/","headline":"330: Stockport to Ashton-under-Lyne","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/330-bus-stockport-ashton\/","datePublished":"2018-07-29","dateModified":"2018-08-08","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/330-bus-stockport-ashton\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Ian","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Slower Travel"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Woodley-v-Cammell.jpg","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Woodley-v-Cammell.jpg","height":904,"width":1202},"wordCount":2696,"keywords":null,"commentCount":"4","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/330-bus-stockport-ashton\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2018-08-06 13:51:56","description":"Cheers matey, always a pleasure! Sounds like you dodged a bullet (well, a thumping) by not getting into Quaffers.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"admin","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/330-bus-stockport-ashton\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2018-08-06 12:25:48","description":"Lovely article brought back lots  of forgotten memories \r\nI use to catch the 330 mid point at Gee Cross would either go to Ashton or Stockport \r\nHaven\u2019t visited Stockport or Ashton town centres for years \r\nAlso my one attempt to get in Quaffers ended in failure I to fell fowl of the dress code :) \r\nI attended Hyde Grammar School later to be Clarendon College sad to see it has been demolished","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/330-bus-stockport-ashton\/#Comment3","dateCreated":"2018-08-01 07:22:12","description":"Cheers Stuart, much appreciated! Definitely going to Vegas at some point soon, probably on our way out to Glossop, I reckon :)","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"admin","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/330-bus-stockport-ashton\/#Comment4","dateCreated":"2018-07-31 23:45:21","description":"lovely article, brought back a lot of memories.  grew up in duki, hope you get to stalyvegas at some point","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"stuart wadsworth","url":""}}]},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/cityzap-bus-manchester-leeds\/","headline":"CityZap: Manchester to Leeds","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/cityzap-bus-manchester-leeds\/","datePublished":"2018-07-19","dateModified":"2018-07-20","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/cityzap-bus-manchester-leeds\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Ian","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Slower Travel"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CityZap.jpg","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CityZap.jpg","height":893,"width":1199},"wordCount":1654,"keywords":null},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/901-huddersfield-hebden-bridge-bus\/","headline":"901: Huddersfield to Hebden Bridge","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/901-huddersfield-hebden-bridge-bus\/","datePublished":"2018-07-08","dateModified":"2019-03-05","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/901-huddersfield-hebden-bridge-bus\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Ian","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Slower Travel"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Funchal-Toboggan.jpg","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Funchal-Toboggan.jpg","height":584,"width":865},"wordCount":1916,"keywords":null},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/184-oldham-huddersfield-bus\/","headline":"184: Oldham to Huddersfield","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/184-oldham-huddersfield-bus\/","datePublished":"2018-07-05","dateModified":"2020-07-24","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/184-oldham-huddersfield-bus\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Ian","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Slower Travel"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Four-Yorkshiremen.jpg","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Four-Yorkshiremen.jpg","height":465,"width":838},"wordCount":1894,"keywords":null,"commentCount":"2","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/184-oldham-huddersfield-bus\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2018-07-11 07:54:36","description":"Excellent point well made, Nick! The waters are muddied by nobody (or at least, few very people) in Oldham, Rochdale, Wigan or any of the other satellite towns referring to themselves as being from Greater Manchester. That said, although GM is pretty much universally shunned and most would consider that part of the world to be Lancashire, you are spot on :)  \n\nSpare a thought, too, for poor old Tameside, which is split between three different postal areas: Manchester (Droylsden, Denton, Audenshaw), Cheshire (Hyde, Dukinfield, Stalybridge) and Lancs (Ashton & Mossley).","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"admin","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/184-oldham-huddersfield-bus\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2018-07-09 22:03:44","description":"A fascinating read, but I must correct you on one thing: Standedge has never been Lancashire's border. Before 1974, the West Riding of Yorkshire included all of Saddleworth, hence the heritage border stones in Lees on the A669 and at Grains Bar on the A672. Post 1974, Saddleworth is in Greater Manchester, which is the county that has its border with West Yorkshire at Standedge cutting. As lovely as Lancashire is, it never made it this far and never will. As you may have guessed, I live in Saddleworth - a relative newcomer, but one appreciative of its unique county allegiance.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nick","url":"http:\/\/www.greatbritishbusroutes.com"}}]},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/391-392-stockport-higher-poynton-bus\/","headline":"391\/392: Stockport to Higher Poynton","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/391-392-stockport-higher-poynton-bus\/","datePublished":"2018-07-02","dateModified":"2019-06-30","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/391-392-stockport-higher-poynton-bus\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Ian","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Slower Travel"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Middlewood2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Middlewood2.jpg","height":922,"width":1230},"wordCount":1863,"keywords":null},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/589-592-burnley-todmorden-bus\/","headline":"589\/592: Burnley to Todmorden","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/589-592-burnley-todmorden-bus\/","datePublished":"2018-07-01","dateModified":"2019-02-08","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/589-592-burnley-todmorden-bus\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Ian","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Slower Travel"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Overtown.jpg","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Overtown.jpg","height":812,"width":823},"wordCount":1526,"keywords":null,"commentCount":"4","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/589-592-burnley-todmorden-bus\/#Comment1","dateCreated":"2018-07-08 09:24:48","description":"Oh blimey, we missed him by about half an hour then! Thanks very much for the heads-up as well, and no doubt we'll be back up there soon :D","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"admin","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/589-592-burnley-todmorden-bus\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2018-07-05 20:46:10","description":"Thank you for the write up XX Shame you could of tell me who you are and stay until Jarvis turn up (6 Pm ) so you could interview him xx","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gig Golden Lion","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/589-592-burnley-todmorden-bus\/#Comment3","dateCreated":"2018-07-02 07:39:55","description":"Honestly, you'll love the Golden Lion, but just try to stay calm and ignore the yarn bombing. It'll be fine :D","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"admin","url":""}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/589-592-burnley-todmorden-bus\/#Comment4","dateCreated":"2018-07-01 13:11:04","description":"You sort of make me want to go there because of the pib at the end but I think you generally persuaded me not to. I think it\u2019s the woolly bollards that decided it for me.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel BB","url":""}}]},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/m2-nelson-burnley-bus\/","headline":"M2: Nelson to Burnley","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/m2-nelson-burnley-bus\/","datePublished":"2018-07-01","dateModified":"2018-07-08","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/m2-nelson-burnley-bus\/","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Ian","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/author\/admin\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/440669663aa5d3886d4253aa7bf703b5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Slower Travel"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nelson-1922-23.jpg","url":"https:\/\/slowertravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Nelson-1922-23.jpg","height":306,"width":619},"wordCount":957,"keywords":null}]}