Stagecoach celebrations on Valentine's Day with the Falcon

Valentine’s Day saw the first anniversary of the South West Falcon, the South West’s only 24/7 cross regional coach service. To celebrate, Stagecoach hosted an event in Princesshay and launched a romantic competition with prizes of very special ‘dates’ at locations along the route.

Dates on offer are:

• Tickets for Craig David’s ‘Follow My Intuition’ tour at the Plymouth Pavilions Arena on 21 March. The Plymouth date has proved so popular with fans, it is now completely sold out, so this could be the last chance to secure the sought after tickets 

• Tickets to see the 2017 stage production of the Wedding Singer at Bristol Hippodrome, running from14-18 March. The show stars Ray Quinn, Roxanne Pallett and Ruth Madoc

• Shop and dine in style in Exeter with a £100 Princesshay shopping centre gift card and lunch for two at The Terrace, one of the city’s newest and most exclusive venues

• Plus free travel by Falcon to/from the date of your choice!

The Stagecoach team were in Princesshay on 14 February from 10am to 4pm with free sweets and chocolates, a couples’ selfie station and romantic rhythms from Exeter’s a capella group, the Sweet Nothings. Radio Exe were also there to join in the fun.

The competition is now open and to enter, simply submit the story of how you first met you partner. You can do this online (link to http://stge.co/GQcA308uKqI) any time until 28 February.

Bob Dennison, Managing Director of Stagecoach South West, said: “Despite the miserable weather yesterday, the event in Princesshay was a great success with loads of shoppers enjoying the very talented Sweet Nothings and people taking the opportunity to enter our competition. Launching on Valentine’s Day means we can never forget our anniversary – and we wanted to make it an unforgettable experience for our customers too by running this amazing competition.

“I’d like to thank our partners at Plymouth Pavilions, Bristol Hippodrome, Princesshay and The Terrace for contributing such generous prizes.”

As well as the competition, anyone flying by Falcon yesterday paid just £1 for a single journey.

Bob added: “The Falcon’s first year has been a great success and last month saw us carry our 150,000th passenger so we thought it would be nice to say thank you to our customers by offering all journeys for £1 a year to the day it all started.”

The South West Falcon is the first dedicated 24/7 service to connect Devon with Somerset, Bristol Airport and Bristol City Centre. It is also possible to make local journeys, e.g. between Churchill and Bristol City Centre or Cullompton and Exeter, making it an ideal way to commute. All eight coaches feature a distinctive, stylish livery and have free Wi-Fi, power charging, air conditioning and leather seats. The timetable runs hourly from early morning until late evening, moving to two-hourly overnight.

Plan your journey now at www.swfalcon.com