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We board the 21:32 Stagecoach in Cumbria Gold route 301 to Distington Church Road, arriving there at 21:49 on Sunday evening.
 

ValleyLines142

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Think that's it for the day, so we board the 0534 Stagecoach Cumbria 'Gold' service 300 to Flimby (Railway Station), arriving there at 0602 on Monday morning.
 

Xenophon PCDGS

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We next board the 0637 Stagecoach Cumbria 300 service to Thursby (The Green), that allows you to stay on the bus, that arrives there at 0731 on Monday morning.

General information....this coming Saturday will see us on holiday for eight days in Cornwall, with a wifely embargo on the use of the Internet
 
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ValleyLines142

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Taking caution as buses only serve Thursby in the peak, we head south now as we board the 0829 Stagecoach Cumbria 'Gold' service 300 to Whitehaven (Lowther Street), arriving there at 1002 on Monday morning.
 

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We take the 9 minute 0.4 mile walk to Whitehaven station and join the 1048 Northern service to Green Road, arriving at 1140 on Monday morning.
 

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I think it's time to remove ourselves from the Cumbrian Coast now, so we board the 1258 Northern service 2C44 to Lancaster, arriving there at 1433 on Monday afternoon.
 

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We make use of the six minute connection time to board the 1439 Virgin Trains service to London Euston, arriving at 1711 on Monday afternoon.
 

ValleyLines142

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Exiting the station, we then board the 1730 London Central service 68 to West Norwood (Bus Garage), arriving there at 1844 on Monday evening.
 

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We walk the 5 minutes (0.2 miles) to the station and get the 18:51 Southern service to Birkbeck, arriving at 19:01 Monday evening.
 

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Leave the Tram stop to the outside bus stop and get the 19:51 Arriva London service 289 to Purley (Stop Z2), arriving at 20:10 Monday evening.
 

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We then take the short walk to Purley station and catch the 2024 Southern service to Tattenham Corner where we arrive at 2048 on Monday evening.
 

ValleyLines142

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Bus services are actually a bit rubbish compared to Caterham, so we return on the 2111 Southern service 2P81 to Balham, arriving there at 2202 on Monday evening.
 

High Dyke

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We exit the station and make our way to Bus Stop B where we board the 22:08 London General 249 service and alight at Westow Park - Stop N, arriving at 22:36 on Monday night.
 

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We walk around the corner to Bus Stop H on Upper Norwood, Westow Street and board the London General 432 service, departing at 2259 and arrive at Brixton, Brixton Road (Bus Stop R) at 2321 on Monday evening.
 
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bnsf734

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From the same stop we take the 0000 (midnight) Metroline service 91 to Euston Station (bus stop C) where we arrive at 0007 on Tuesday morning.
 
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James Wake

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We next board the 0030 London United route 10 to Hammersmith Bus Station, arriving at 0111 on Tuesday morning.
 

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We then board the 0124 Metroline service 295 to Ladbroke Grove (Sainsburys), arriving there at 0141 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
 

High Dyke

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Taking advantage of late night bus services we board the 01:50 Metroline service 52 at Stop U and make our way into London alighting at Knightsbridge Station / Harrods arriving at 02:10 on Tuesday morning.
 

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We next board the 0222 London United service N9 to Heathrow, Terminal 5 arriving at 0327 on Tuesday morning.
 

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We then board the 0435 Metroline service 237 to Chiswick (Police Station), arriving there at 0447 on Tuesday morning.
 
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Walking around the corner to Clifton Road, we then board the 0552 Arriva London service E10 to Northolt (Islip Manor Road), arriving there at 0613 on Tuesday morning.
 

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We can't find much to do here at this time of the morning so we board the next Arriva London E10 service at 06:20. We alight at Scotch Common - Stop AB arriving at 06:45 on Tuesday morning.
 

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We continue our perambulation by omnibus as we board the 07:54 Metroline 266 service and alight at Cricklewood Bus Garage - Stop BS arriving 08:2 on Tuesday morning.
 

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