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We walk around the corner to the Church Road stop and board the 2134 Arriva North West service 166 to Woolton (Church Road South), arriving there at 2204 on Wednesday.
We next board the 2234 Arriva Merseyside service 76 to Halewood (the bus stop near Totnes Avenue on Okell Drive) that arrives there at 2244 on Wednesday.
Escaping Halewood a second time, we take the eleven minute/0.5 mile walk to the railway station and board the 2338 Northern service 2O86 to Edge Hill, arriving there at 2359 on Wednesday.
Leaving the railway station, at the bus stances outside we next board the 0648 Arriva North West service 375 to Southport (Wellington Street) that arrives there 2 hours exactly later at 0848 on Thursday.
We take the twelve minute (0.5 mile) walk to Seaforth & Litherland railway station for the 12.32 Merseyrail service 2S25 to Southport arriving at 13.07 on Thursday.
Anxious to leave this area of industrial depravation, we take the six minute walk to Ancoats (Butler Street) and there board the 1544 Metroline service 76 to Copster Hill (the bus stop adjacent to Hollins Road on Copster Hill Road) that arrives there at 1625 on Thursday.
We walk around the corner to Frederick Street and board the 1631 Stagecoach Manchester service 84 to Failsworth (Ridgefield Street), arriving there at 1646 on Thursday.
We next board the 1655 Stagecoach Manchester service 83 to Miles Platting (the bus stop near Varley Street on Oldham Road) that arrives there at 1706 on Thursday.
We take the nine minute (0.4 mile) walk to the Whitley Road bus stop just in time for the 17.16 Stagecoach Manchester service 17 to Rochdale Interchange arriving at 18.18 on Thursday.
We next board the 1829 Stagecoach Manchester service 17 to Alkrington (Manchester New Road/Alkrington Hall Road North), arriving there at 1907 on Thursday.
We next board the 1927 Go North West service 163 to Heywood (the bus stop opposite Balmoral Drive on Argyle Street) that arrives there at 1958 on Thursday.
We take the eleven minute/0.5 mile walk to Todd Street and board the 2017 Go North West service 471 to Bradley Fold (Bury New Road/Ainsworth Hall Road), arriving there at 2044 on Thursday.
Fortunately, we are in time to take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule, so we next board the 0637 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 125 to Clayton Brook (the bus stop adjacent to the Village Centre on Great Greens Lane) that arrives there at 0744 on Friday.
We next board the 0749 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 125C to Walton-le-Dale (Cinnamon Hill Drive), arriving there at 0803 on Friday.
Wishing to see another area of the Fylde region, we next board the 1053 Archway Travel service 75 to Kirkham (the bus stop by Market Square on Poulton Street) that arrives there at 1200 on Friday.
Leaving the station, we take the nine minute/0.4 mile walk to Corporation Street and board the 1544 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 61 to Mereside (Preston New Road/Metropolitan Business Park), arriving there at 1651 on Friday.
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