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We next board the 0746 Preston Bus service 45 to Ribchester (Blackburn Road, opposite Ribchester Arms PH) that arrives there at 0759 on Friday morning.
I'm going to go with the assumption that because it is a two-hourly service, the same bus will work the return journey, so we board the 0933* Preston Bus service 5 to Clitheroe (Interchange), arriving there at 1035 on Friday morning.
We next board the 1043 The Blackburn Bus Company service 22 to Royal Blackburn Hospital (Stand A on Hospital Inner Road) that arrives there at 1147 on Friday morning.
We then board the 1409 Blackburn Bus Company Red Express service X41 to Higher Broughton (Bury New Road/Great Cheetham Street East), arriving there at 1445 on Friday afternoon.
We cross over the road to stop "A" opposite and there board the 1502 The Burnley Bus Company service X43 to Dunnockshaw (Oak Mill on Burnley Road) that arrives there at 1549 on Friday afternoon.
We take the five minute walk to the bus stop outside St Chad's Church and there board the 1909 Blackpool Transport service 2C to Blackpool (Devonshire Square), arriving there at 1936 on Friday evening.
After a night's rest in a local B&B we walk the 100 yards to the Blackpool Tower tram stop and wait for the 06:15 Blackpool Tram service to Fleetwood Ferry where we arrive at 06:58 on Saturday morning.
Here we disembark, taking the four minute walk to the Bourne Arms PH on Bourne May Road and there board the 0805 Blackpool Transport service 2C to Poulton-le-Fylde (Stop 1 outside St Chad's Church on Church Street) that arrives there at 0837 on Saturday morning.
We take the six minute walk into the railway station and board the 0903 Northern service 1Y56 to Manchester Oxford Road, arriving there at 1011 on Saturday morning.
We admire the fantastic view over the River Conwy, before taking the 2 minute walk to Victoria Terrace to board the 16:56 Arriva Wales route 25 service to Pentre'r Felin, Hen Efail, arriving there at 17:12 on a Saturday.
Since that is the terminus and the only bus service in that area, we next board the return 1713 journey on the Arriva Wales service 25 to Llanrhos (Bryn-Maelgwyn) that arrives there at 1756 on Saturday evening.
We take the 3 minute walk to the nearby train station and board the 1900 Transport for Wales service to Blaenau Ffestiniog arriving at 2020 on Saturday
From the bus stop outside the station, we then board the 2030 Arriva Wales service 3B to Pwllheli (Bus Station), arriving there at 2155 on Saturday evening.
Doesn't look as if there are any further buses now, so we'll have to rest for the night and return for the 0910 Nefyn service 8 to Tudweiliog (Post Office), arriving there at 0925 on Sunday morning.
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