Coast to coast Plymouth to Minehead

looking to do this ride in the spring over a long weekend, but struggling to sort logistics out.

Need to leave my van in plymouth, cycle to minehead camping / pubs on route then get back to Plymouth via public transport or something. appears that the train to minehead is a steam one that does not link with a main line and the nearest station is taunton. When i did trans cambrian last year we got a mini bus to take us back to knighton. Anyone know of anything similare from minehead?

The steam train station in Norton is only a couple of miles from the main line. Check out their services – you might be pleasantly surprised

or cycle to Barnstaple instead.

http://www.transportdirect.info

If you get the steam train from Minehead to Bishops Lydeard its only a few miles downhill to Taunton & that puts you on the mainline to Exeter & Plymouth or you could ride across Exmoor to Barnstaple & get the train from here.
What time of year are you doing it?

use the West Somerset Railway from Minehead to Bishops Lydeard and then just cycle the 5 miles between there are Taunton, then train back to Plymouth.

Did Plymouth to Exeter last summer, really good day out. I fancy doing Taunton to Barnstaple next across the Q’s and Exmoor.

If you do the the extension to the original Plymouth – Minehead Westcountry Way it goes from Minehead to Taunton via the Quantocks and takes you to Taunton railway station.
Westcountry Way

excellent, top tips chaps thanks for that. Probably doing it on the late may bank holiday if i can get everything sorted and me fit in time….

The last time I did it, we caught the train from Taunton to Plymouth, left Plymouth Hoe about midnight and arrived a Minehead seafront at eight in the evening.