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If you’re keen to explore the backwaters of the Southwest at a snail’s pace, you will enjoy riding the buses. It can be a soporific experience, in the course of which you may forget where you’re trying to go. Single-decker, double-decker and mini-buses are operated by a number of different companies, with services often infrequent outside towns. However, the buses also penetrate places not reached by the railway or anybody without a car. In the National Parks, walkers are actively encouraged to dump their cars and use the buses.

National Express (t 0845 600 7245, www.nationalexpress.com) links the region’s major towns and cities, including Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Newquay, Plymouth, St Ives and Penzance. For more localized bussing, you’ll need to switch to local bus companies. First Group (www.firstgroup.com) is the Southwest’s dominant provider offering services in all three counties via its subsidiaries, First Devon and Cornwall (t 0845 600 1420) and First Bristol, Bath and the West (t 0845 602 0156). Details of routes and fares are available on the main website.