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Programmes available now! http://iwbeerandbuses.co.uk/programme.php Shanklin is a good choice, three routes serve the railway station and the old village. First departure 1045 last 1915 :)

@83G/84D As you can see on the route map we are running the Culver route from Ryde this year. The plan is that every departure on this route will be double deck which will of course involve plenty of VR action! @richw I think this would fit well into a FOSW. If you come during our event you...

Thanks! Going to be even bigger and better this year with almost a 50% increase in the amount of departures!

Just to let you all know that you can now buy your copy of the programme. If you buy online before the event you can take advantage of our special deal with Wightlink Ferries! This link has all you need to know :) http://iwbeerandbuses.co.uk/programme.php

So I know it's a long time away, but I just wanted to let you know about this years's beer and bus event on the Isle of Wight taking place on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October. This will be the biggest event we have ever staged with over 70 vehicles in operation. If you like Bristol/ECW...

Day 33 – Home! And so all good things must come to an end and this was it. What an amazing time we had and now we just had to make it back to the Isle of Wight in a day. We had a long lay in and enjoyed our hotel breakfast once again. We left it late to check out so to avoid having to spend too...

Day 32 – Sofia We awoke refreshed and eager to sample the hotel breakfast and we were not disappointed. This was the best of the holiday and included a selection of cereal, fruit, cheese, meat, fish, salad, full English, toast, pastries, cake, juice and teas. As well as these buffet items you...

Day 31 – Bulgaria! So we attempted to get to sleep. Although the wide open window was keeping us cool, the jointed track was keeping us awake! We knew that we would have to be up for the Border check at 7am so sleep was looking less and less likely. I decided to close the window and this meant...

Day 30- Belgrade and onto the Night Train We awoke later today and headed down to the breakfast room to fill up for the day ahead. We packed up the room and checked out late. We planned to leave our bags at the left luggage facility at the station so around 10am left the hotel and in the heat...

Day 29 – Belgrade Tourist When we were researching the trip we knew that Belgrade wasn’t exactly known as a tourist destination although after visiting it is hard to understand this. We found it was a very interesting city with great tourist potential. We slept very well and headed down after...

Day 28 – To Serbia So we woke up around 8am and finished off our makeshift breakfast items in our room with a view. We relaxed for a bit and checked out in time for the short walk across to Keleti Station. The train we would be taking is named the ‘Ivo Andric’ and leaves at 1005 arriving at...

Day 27 – Budapest After a less disturbed night we woke and enjoyed our tesco breakfast once more. We first headed to Keleti station to buy some reservations for tomorrow’s trip to Belgrade. The Europe rail planners had told me that reservations were compulsory for this service we we took a...

Day 26 – Budapest We woke up and had a lesiurly breakfast at the table in our room with the tesco provisions from the night before. The location of the hotel was so convenient for the station and the bus into town but the noise of sirens all night was quite annoying! We had decided today to...

Day 25 – Zagreb to Budapest So we woke up around 8am and for the first time in over three weeks had a whole selection of clean clothes to choose from! We packed up our room and sat at our table to eat our breakfast we had brought the night before. This consisted of a pingu juice drink?! And a...

All best intentions seem to have gone to pot! However I have a week off next week so I am planning on getting the last week of the trip uploaded. First we'll head from Zagreb to Budapest then onto Belgrade and Sofia. Sorry for the gap!

Sorry for the lack of updates, back at work now! Should get the next part written up on Thursday or Friday.

Day 24- Around Zagreb City We enjoyed a small lay in and didn’t leave the hostel until around 10. There was no breakfast provided here so we headed over to a small bakery and ate a chocolate croissant which was so chocolaty that my partner spilt it all over her top so we headed back to the...

Day 23 – to Zagreb We awoke early at 650 in order to get breakfast and out before our train to Zagreb. Like the previous section of line there was a strange odd clustered schedule of trains that actually went over the border into Croatia which meant we were forced into quite an early departure...

Looks like a good line up this year. Ordered my programme and got my moves planned already unless it all changes on the day like usual!

Day 22- Postojna. Staying in a Hotel meant that today we were in for another Hotel Breakfast. There was a good selection for the price we paid inclusive with the room. Today we had planned to visit the Postojna cave system in the village of Postojna 30 miles south east of the city. However, I...