Do you enjoy coach travel? Do you travel a lot via coach?  

I don't mind flying coach. I mean most of my flights aren't that far so i could care less. I just sit in the seat and read a book or listen to my ipod the way I would if I was driving somewhere.

I am not keen on coaches my friend, more because I have long legs and coaches are not really designed for people who are tall, I get cramp easily and I can't bear long coach journeys, I need to take two seats so that I can stretch out, so providing there's a spare seat I will use a coach but only if there is absolutely NO alternative. I used to travel from London Victoria to Oxford by coach once every two months, it was a cheap way of doing it compared to what Great Western charge for the train fare. But I'd much rather go by train or car. I think 2 hours is the longest I can stand being on a coach and that is at a push!

To answer quickly; not a lot and not very often! But yes coach travel can be good, especially when it's difficult to book a reasonably priced rail ticket. However coach travel is usually slower and not quite so comfortable as a train. I've gone to London from the West Country many a time by either coach or train. Have also travelled all the way to Preston in Lancashire (on the way to Lake district, north of Manchester) by coach and by train. Once did a coach trip to Loch Awe and back staying overnight in Glasgow in Sauchiehall street. That was an experience, especially the night when an England/ Scotland match was on! Saying that have also gone to Edinburgh by train! Scarborough by coach. It's interesting to travel by both to ring the changes and at the same time to save some money when the train is just too expensive to justify the expense!

Unfortunately, they don't serve snacks on the National Express any more, so you won't be able to see the hostess with the backside of a small country any more - as the song goes!