Burneside (Cumbria) - Edinburgh

[mountainmike]

Fairly regularly I need to travel to either Glasgow or Edinburgh and generally stay over for at least a night. To Glasgow I can get an off peak return valid a month for £28 odd . Edinburgh though is over £50. I'm guessing this is because they are priced by different companies. For various reasons advance tickets are not usually suitable as I need flexibility and for the same reason Megatrain doesn't really work.
I've done the Edinburgh via Glasgow a few times as you can sometimes pick up a cheap advance the day before and I know I can get an OP return to Glasgow then a XC only ticket to Edinburgh. But my question is this: is there a better way , by which I mean cheaper , of getting to Edinburgh. I have no railcard of any type , never need to arrive in Edinburgh til afternoon so always leave BUD after 10am and can be pretty flexible on the return journey. I tried to find splits without much success and looked at some other stations in the central belt.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Gathursty]

Would you be prepared to travel from Oxenholme The Lake District instead of Burneside?

 

[sonic2009]

Would you be prepared to travel from Oxenholme The Lake District instead of Burneside?

Travelling from Oxenholme is the Same Price as from Burneside.

 

[mountainmike]

Only if it were a few pounds cheaper as I still need to get from BUD-OXN

 

[Gathursty]

I asked the question with regard to using the car parking facilities but obviously I've made a false assumption about OP owning a car, or otherwise being able to get to Oxenholme easier than by train so as to avoid any waiting time between trains at Oxenholme.

 

[mountainmike]

I do have a car but prefer to walk to BUD than park at OXN as it is £8/day there ( 'cept weekends when it is £2 )