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ValleyLines142

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We take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to Haymarket station and board the 1217 TransPennine Express service 1M94 to Manchester Oxford Road, arriving there at 1519 on Sunday afternoon.
 

ValleyLines142

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Buses are virtually non-existent on a Sunday so we head on the 1826 Northern service 1U90 to Preston, arriving there at 1910 on Sunday evening.
 

DerekC

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We walk the 400 yards to the Town Clock and grab a bite of breakfast whilst waiting for the 07:29 Arriva service X4 to Whitby (Bus Station) where we arrive at 08:53 on Monday morning.
 

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We next board the 0906 Arriva North East service X94 to Scarborough (Railway Station), arriving there at 1008 on Monday morning.
 

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We continue on the 1132 Arriva North East Max service X93 to Middlesbrough (Brentnall Street), arriving there at 1306 on Monday afternoon.
 

ValleyLines142

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Didn't even know it existed!

We exit the station to the bus stop outside and board the 1424 Go North East IndiGo service 210 to Peterlee (Bus Station), arriving there at 1443 on Monday afternoon.
 

Alex365Dash

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We pop over to the local Greggs for a quick snack before we board the 14:51 Go North East service X7 to Sunderland (Interchange), arriving for 15:21 on Monday afternoon.
 

Alex365Dash

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We walk into the metro station to board the 16:48 Tyne & Wear Metro service to Chichester (Tyne & Wear), arriving for 17:11 on Monday afternoon.

Who knew it took 23 minutes to travel from Newcastle to West Sussex? :D
 

ValleyLines142

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:lol:

From the bus stop outside on Dean Road, we then board the 1724 Go North East Crusader service 27 to Heworth* (Interchange), arriving there at 1808 on Monday evening.

* - what is the pronunciation of Heworth?! Is it 'Hew-worth' or 'Hee-worth'?!
 

ValleyLines142

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We next board the 2259 London North Eastern Railway service 1E30 to Leeds, arriving there at 0050 in the early hours on Tuesday morning.
 

Alex365Dash

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We wait in the cold for a while in a quiet Leeds station whilst we wait for the 02:25 TransPennine Express service to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving for 03:31 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
 

Andy Pacer

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We have a short break with it being the middle of the night, and then board the 0457 Transpennine Express service to Lancaster arriving there at 0551 on Tuesday morning.
 

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We walk 600 yards to the bus station and wait for the 06:42 Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches service 582 to Kirkby Lonsdale (Booths) where we arrive at 07:40 on Tuesday morning
 

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We are just in time for the 0745 Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches Craven Connection service 581 to Settle (Market Place), arriving there at 0827 on Tuesday morning.
 

Andy Pacer

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From nearby Abbotsgate we wait for the 0830 Stagecoach Cumbria service 567 to Kendal, Bus Station arriving at 0905 on Tuesday morning.
 

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We are just in time for the 0745 Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches Craven Connection service 581 to Settle (Market Place), arriving there at 0827 on Tuesday morning.
We take the 5 minute 0.2 mile walk to the Railway Station and catch the 0850 Northern service to Dent arriving at 0916 on Tuesday morning.
 

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