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So I need to get from Swindon Station to Blunsdon House Hotel in less than 30 minutes. Is a bus a viable option, or am I limited to a taxi? How much for each?

The bus from Swindon to Blunsdon only runs hourly so you're out of luck there.

A taxi with either V-Cars or United shouldn't cost you much more than £8 I would've thought.

Balck cab will be about £15. So I'd book one before and like sam says shouldn't be more than a tenner.

Walk, you will feel better for it!  Seriously, I think Samdy is right, a taxi is the only real answer.  Probably be nearer a tenner though!

Cost isn't an issue, travelling on business so I'll be claiming it back on <cough> expenses......

Interestingly, the directions to Blunsdon House don't mention rail, but do provide coordinates for their helipad......

Take the 'copter 8)

I'd recommend SN1 taxis... 523523. They are a lot cheaper than V Cars and their drivers are usually friendly chaps.

why would you need to book a taxi from swindon station? Theres millions of them there already

prebooked minicab cheaper than 'black cab'

V cars booking office is above the station, you can wander in and get a cab pretty much straight away

why is this a challenge? fuck me its hardly the krypton factor.

Yeah  I thought it was going to something like Treasure Hunt, or that book thing which had a buried bit of jewelery, which name escapes me,  whereby a piece of tasty STFC memorabilia was hidden away, and clues offered to find it...a bit like Granny's Garden.

Have to say, should I get a taxi on expenses or a bus is a bit of a no brainer.  However if the walking option is taken I can provide a decent route with a minimum of busy road walking...which takes in some interesting hidden corners of Swindon.

It's a challenge for a lazy git who can't be bothered to use google :)

I couldn't think of a better thread title. It was early. Must try harder next time.......

Yeah...I think you should have had a golden boot forged in the furnaces of Mordor, that fitted the foot of Simon Cox.  Buried it in a jewelled casket decorated with filigree TEF logos, the location of which was only known to you and a witness of unimpeachable honesty like Yeovil Blue.

And then devised a series of computer based  riddles...using 80's BBC style graphics, so that we could be challenged to discover the whereabouts of the auric shoe.

Are you daring to suggest that Yeovil is a man of integrity? Clearly bollocks.

Three more options...

1. Drive
2. Get an earlier train
3. Stay at a hotel near the town centre