my good friend has died.i need to arrange to go to the funeral in devon Can you help me find

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somewhere to stay in or near Dorchester.
i am coming from ireland and will probably have to fly to Bristol- is ther a train between bristol and dorchester.?
sorry brain a bit fuddled abou all this.
really don't know this bit of England very well

Dorchester isn't in Devon (it's in Dorset). Is the funeral in Dorchester? Sorry to hear about your friend

Yes there is a train between Dorch and Bristol.
I'll try and look up some info. I'm not far from Dorchester.

Sorry to hear about your friend

oh flip me i am dim today- yes dorchester in dorset.

You can't get a train from Bristol airport. However, they do have a bus link which you can link up with your train ticket, so you buy a ticket straight through from Bristol airport to your destination.

I use the virgin trains website to check trains. Will link in a second.

Sorry about your friend.

Dorchester West train station you'd need to leave from.

Virgin trains website

You can check details of the bus link from the airport by starting your journey at 'Bristol International Airport'

HTH

thanks - is it as direct train or will i have to change somewhere? does the bus link up to Bristol train station
then?
so bus, then train to dorchester.will have to find a hotel or b&B there still.ok
i am normally good at this stuff but feel so tired and sad and the national rail website had me reaching for the gin

You can also go by coach, but again you'd have to change, most likely in Bristol.

National Express website

brill you lot. you are all fab.
i'd be lost without mumsnet sometimes

It will depend on which train you get. I saw one which was a bus from the airport to Bristol Temple Meads (the main station in Bristol), then direct from BTM to Dorchester. Others had another change.

If you know an approximate time/date, I'll check for you. My brain ceases to work at times too.

What type of accommodation and budget?

it's got to be as cheap as poss.we are stoney broke after xmas and the flight is already going to cost £150 because of the last minute booking.sorry that sounds heartless - i really don't mean it that way. i am going on my own as dh didn't really know my friend and needs to be here to look after dd. i suppose about £60 for a B&B room. I have not got a confirmed itime for the funeraL yet. but it will be Monday or tuesday of next week.

This may be useful and it is the side of town you want to be on. Cheapest single Occupancy is £45.

burstingbug- that place looks really nice-thankyou.

thanks everyone so much for your kind words.it is much appreciated.

No problem, give us a shout if you need anything else.
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