Unfortunately one of those annoying routing questions, but I'd
appreciate some help.

I'll be going to Manchester in a few weekends from now, and I'll be
provided with an open return ticket. On my way back to London, I'd like
to make a detour to Ledbury, stay there overnight, and head back to
London the following day.

I've trawled through some of the routing guide, and it looks as though a
possible cheap option would be to travel from Manchester to Birmingham,
buy a new ticket (a Saver Return presumably) to Ledbury, and go back to
Birmingham the next day to pick up a train to London using my previous
open return ticket.

Does this sound feasible?

I did wonder whether I could go Birmingham-Ledbury then Ledbury-Oxford
and pick up a permitted route on my Manchester ticket again, but
apparently not - Oxford doesn't seem to be a permitted route for
Manchester-London. Surprisingly neither does High Wycombe - but maybe
I've misunderstood the guide.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London