According to National Rail, restriction 8A "Break of journey is not permitted except to change trains at an intermediate station or to access station facilities." appears to apply to both outward and return legs.
Well spotted - I'd looked at the validity section in BRFares but hadn't read through the text further on. It hadn't occured to me there'd be this sort of inconsistency.
The Anytime Return is the "full" fare charged on board, where the ticket office was open and the passenger chose not to use it.
It's in the text of restriction code 8A.
Arnside to Penrith yes, as that's set by Avanti. But Arnside to Oxenholme is 8A as it's a former TPE-set fare that Northern took over when they took control of the Blackpool, Barrow and Windermere services.
There was also a mention of Oxenholme, which is where the reference to the BoJ restriction came from.
Simplification is likely to result in something like a not before 09:30 restriction on the off peak return so I'd be very careful what you wish for....
It depends on whose version of simplification you are talking about. TfW version where the off peak is valid all day, and advances can be bought up to time of travel, I can support. LNER version I am totally opposed to.
There is absolutely no way simplification is going to result in off-peak tickets being valid all day.
It has already resulted in that, in much of Wales at least.
It hasn't. That's a legacy going back to BR days. Simplification is likely to result in one 'simple' restriction like 09:30 across the whole network, possibly with afternoon restriction as well.
