The Transport Game (UK)

[RDP]

With only the 12 available and too far from the railway station we wait for the 20.37 service to Newton Abbot, Sherborne Road arriving at 21.07 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the thirteen minute/0.5 mile walk to the railway station and board the 2125 Great Western Railway service 2M73 to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving there at 2312 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and at the adjoining bus stop, we next board the 2332 First West of England service 376 to Street (Green Lane Avenue) that arrives there at 0053 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That is very much it for the rest of the night. We take an overnight break and return in the morning to the Brooks Road stop which is a seven minute walk away for the 0557 First West of England Mendip Explorer service 376 to Knowle (Greenleaze), arriving there at 0732 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 08.19 First WoE service 374 to Taunton Town Centre (stop K) arriving at 10.56 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Far too hot for a journey of that length in this heat!

We take the three minute walk to Castle Way and board the 1105 First Buses of Somerset service 21 to Burnham-on-Sea (Sea View Road), arriving there at 1239 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1246 Somerset Council service 48 to Cheddar (The Barrows) that arrives there at 1325 on Friday......Runs on Tuesday and Friday only.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1444 First West of England service 126 to Milton (Birchwood Avenue), arriving there at 1535 on Friday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's depart at 1547 on First West of England service X1a. Taking advantage of the fact that this is one of the handful of X1a journeys (rather than the standard X1), we alight at Long Ashton (Providence Lane) at 1649 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1712 First West of England service X9 to Nailsea (Stock Way South), arriving there at 1732 on Friday.

 

[-Colly405-]

After a seven minute/0.3 mile walk from Stock Way South to Stock Way North...
Avoiding a repeat X9 journey back towards Long Ashton and Bristol, we await First West of England's X11x at 1855. We alight at Worle Terminus at 1936 on Friday.

We also are careful to note the upper-case X prefix (as applied throughout First's North Somerset network) and the lower-case x suffix (as applied to First WoE 's express services except the X39 which was slated to become the 39x, but that change didn't happen because of Covid).

 

[ValleyLines142]

Avoiding a repeat X9 journey back towards Long Ashton and Bristol, we await First West of England's X11x at 1855. We alight at Worle Terminus at 1936 on Friday.

....after the seven minute/0.3 mile walk from Stock Way South to Stock Way North.

We next board the 1943 First West of England service 7 to Oldmixon (Walnut Tree Inn), arriving there at 2024 on Friday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Oops, forgot to note that. Amended!

We depart at 2120 on First West of England service U2, from which we alight at Felton (Airport Tavern) at 2213 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 22.51 Stagecoach South West FALCON service to Plymouth Coach Station arriving at 01.58 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Time for a shorter than usual overnight break whereby we return for the 0600 Flixbus service UK087 to Nottingham (Greyfriars), arriving there at 1425 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We take the six minute (0.3 mile) walk to the railway station for the 14.45 EMR service 2S21 to Skegness arriving at 16.59 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the adjacent bus station, we next board the 1710 Stagecoach East Midlands service 1 to Chapel St Leonards (Bus Station), arriving there at 1751 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1809 we depart on Stagecoach East Midlands service 59, from which we alight at Sutton-on-Sea (Park Rd) at 1839 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 19.13 PC Coaches service 59E to Mablethorpe Bus Station arriving at 19.25 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Only useful option we have here is the 2012 Stagecoach East Midlands service 59 to Skegness (Bus Station), arriving there at 2115 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We don't have muc in the way of options options at this time, so we next board the 2130 Stagecoach East Midlands service 1 to Chapel St Leonards Bus Station that arrives there at 2204 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2225 Stagecoach East Midlands service 1 to Ingoldmells (Butlins Main Gate), arriving there at 2249 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2309 Stagecoach East Midllands service 1 to Skegness (the bus stop adjacent to the Seal Sanctuary on North Parade) that arrives there at 2317 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Time for an overnight break. Sadly, we are too far away from the railway station to escape the seaside so we remain here and return in the morning for the 0815 Stagecoach East Midlands InterConnect service 59 to Mablethorpe (Bus Station), arriving there at 0920 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0947 Stagecoach East Midlands service 59 to Huttoft (the bus stop opposite the Parish Hall on Mumby Road) that arrives there at 1008 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

No other choice here so we wait for the 1108 Stagecoach East Midlands InterConnect service 59 to Skegness (Bus Station), arriving there at 1155 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We take the short walk to the railway station for the 12.16 EMR service 2C14 alighting at Grantham at 13.41 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1500 East Midlands Railway service 1R62 to Widnes, arriving there at 1806 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1823 Northern Trains service to Mossley Hill that arrives there at 1845 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Ftom the bus stops outside the station, we next board the 1918 Arriva North West service 61B to Knotty Ash (East Prescot Road/Alder Hey Hospital), arriving there at 1939 on Sunday.