For me growing up they were the only way to get directly to the small places in the UK that I frequented but now they are the only choice that I make as they are modern,clean,safe & efficient and I have yet to be on board a service that is late arriving into its destination.

Being a cyclist public transport in the UK is not very friendly towards us especially on trains but with my padded bike box I can pretty much go to London Victoria and reach any destination in Europe within a days travel by the coach and know that my luggage will be safe and secure and exactly how I left it when I stepped on board!.

In the past 12 months I have taken 3 overnight services on the National Express Coaches to Scotland,an overnight service to the Republic of Ireland and countless trips to other UK destinations and found them faultless so it has been the obvious choice for me to book all of my events for 2012 by coach including the Tour of Flanders in Brussels,my camping trip to the Shetland Islands via Aberdeen and my month long tour around Norway & Sweeden with their European branch called Eurolines!.

If you want to save some money but still travel in style why not make a New Years resolution to travel by coach,it might be the best thing you\'ve ever done! :)