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From the main Dorking Station stop on the A24 we next board the 0550 Quality Line service 465 to Chessington World of Adventures, arriving 0615Wednesday morning.
Traumatised by the park not yet being open to thrill seekers, we continue on the next 465 at 0641 to Surbiton rail station arriving at 0655 Wednesday morning
I think we have a slight interruption, as my post was 3 mins earlier than Paul's post, and this was the one dzug2 was playing from.
I will continue from Surbiton by saying that we have breakfast and then join the 0751 Abellio Surrey service 515, which we take all the way to Guildford Friary Bus Station, arriving 0907 on Wednesday morning.
We exit into the adjacent bus station and join the 1000 Stagecoach (Hants and Surrey) Gold service 1 to Farnborough, Kingsmead, where we arrive at 1020 on Wednesday morning.
The delights of Farnborough, Kingsmead in particular, are soon exhausted, so we take the next Gold 1 service 10 minutes later at 1030 and arrive in Camberley, Pembroke Broadway, at 1117 Wednesday morning
Using a different service number, we next board the 1143 Stagecoach South service 3 to Mychett (Glenmount Road) that arrives there at 1204 on Wednesday afternoon.
We then head across to the railway station and board 2O39, the 1325 First Great Western service to Redhill, arriving there at 1423 on Wednesday afternoon.
We then exit the station and head to Westbrook (Nayland Rock), where we board the 2055 Stagecoach in Kent service 8 (known as The Breeze bus) to Sturry (Staines Hill), arriving there at 2125 on Wednesday evening.
We next board the 2150 Stagecoach in East Kent service 8 "The Breezer Bus" to Birchington-on-Sea (St James Terrace) that arrives there at 2210 on Wednesday evening.
We then take the 2225 Stagecoach in Kent service 8 departure for the short ride to Sturry station, arriving at 2227 on Wednesday evening --- old post above --- --- new post below ---
We continue from Birchington on the Stagecoach in Kent 8X service which takes us to Garlinge opp Waverley Road arriving at 2246 Wednesday evening
We next take a short bus ride on the 2329 Stagecoach in East Kent service 8X to Birchington-on-Sea railway station that arrives there at2338 on Wednesday evening.
We then call it a night before boarding 1F11, the 0610 Southeastern service to London St Pancras International, arriving there at 0737 on Thursday morning.
We must be mindful that a 15 minimum connection time applies at this railway station, so we content ourselves with boarding the 0804 Thameslink service to Flitwick that arrives there at 0853 on Thursday morning,
Continuing our omnibus travelogue, we next board the 1145 Stagecoach in Bedford service 73 to Moggerhanger (The Guinea) that arrives there at 1213 on Thursday afternoon.
Liking that bus service so much, we decide to take tea and cake in a nice establishment before returning back to the bus stop where we arrived where we then board the 1348 Centrebus South service 188 to Sandy (Market Square) that arrives there at 1411 on Thursday afternoon.
We continue on the Centrebus South 190 service at 1526 and travel to Henlow Camp Bird in Hand arriving at 1641 Thursday afternoon after a lengthy circuit of East Beds/West Cambs villages
We then walk around the corner to the bus stop on Borton Avenue and board the 1650 Stagecoach in Bedford service 71 to Bedford (Bus Station), arriving there at 1740 on Thursday afternoon.
We take the short walk to Greyfriars and take the 1753 Stagecoach in Northants service 50 to Kettering Bus interchange, arriving at 1921 Thursday evening
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