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The next leg will start at 13:40 Go North East service 689 Tynedale Link to Consett Bus Station (Stand F), arriving at 14:35 Saturday afternoon.
 
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We then board the 1449 Go North East X-Lines service X30 to Newcastle (Eldon Square Bus Station), arriving there at 1554 on Saturday afternoon.
 

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We then walk to Haymarket and get the 16:24 Arriva North East service X14 to Thropton (Cross Keys), arriving at 17:43 Saturday afternoon.
 

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We then get the 1925 Arriva North East service X15 to Alnwick Bus Station, arriving at 2010 Saturday evening.
 

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We next board the 2038 Arriva North East Max service X18 to Gosforth (Regent Centre Interchange), arriving there at 2101 on Saturday evening.
 

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We then enter the metro station and get the 21:06 Tyne and Wear Metro service 2I08 to Sunderland, arriving at 21:47 Saturday evening.
 

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To avoid going straight back to Newcastle we wait for the 22:52 Northern service 2N60 to Hartlepool where we arrive at 23:19 on Saturday evening.

Just realised we could have caught a service earlier - sorry:

We board the 22:05 Northern service 2N58 to Hartlepool where we arrive at 22:32 on Saturday evening
 
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We exit the station and take the six minute walk to the bus stop on Victoria Road outside the Grand Hotel, where we board the 2254 Stagecoach North East service 36 to Middlesbrough (Bus Station), arriving there at 2339 on Saturday evening.
 

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There appears to be no more this evening, so we get the 0720 Arriva North East service 5 Sapphire to Easington (All Saints Church), arriving at 0823 Sunday morning.
 

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Having narrowly missed the previous service, we have to wait until 10:36 for the next Arriva North East service X93 to Scarborough Railway Station where we arrive at 11:38 on Sunday morning.
 

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Having also just missed the next rail connection, we grab a drink before embarking on the long journey on the 1228 Transdev Yorkshire Coastliner service 843 to Seacroft (The Green), arriving there at 1516 on Sunday afternoon.
 

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We then get the 15:25 First in Leeds service 4 to Pudsey (Greenside), arriving at 16:19 Sunday afternoon.
 

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We take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to Pudsey bus station, where we board the 1640 First Leeds service 9A to Middleton (Asda), arriving there at 1708 on Sunday afternoon.
 

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We walk the 3 minutes (0.1 miles) to Ring Road Shopping Centre and get the 17:31 First in Leeds service 13A LeedsCity to Gledhow (North Park Avenue), arriving at 18:16 Sunday evening.
 

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Walk 6 mins (0.2 miles) to Gledhow Lidgett lane stop (opposite Moor Allerton School) and get the 3A bus to Cottingley (Thirlmere Avenue) arriving at 19.05 Sunday evening.
 

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Assuming that we're at Thirlmere Gardens in Beeston, we next board the 1911 First Leeds service 12 to Roundhay Park (Lidgett Park Road/Roundhay Park Gates), arriving there at 2000 on Sunday evening.
 

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We then get the 2010 First in Leeds service 12 LeedsCity to Leeds (Corn Exchange (Stand K4)), arriving at 2027 Sunday evening.
 

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On the other side of the road, we board the 2056 First Leeds service 52 to Moor Allerton (Moor Allerton Centre), arriving there at 2122 on Sunday evening.
 

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We then get the 2133 First in Leeds service 51 to Morley (Dawson Hill), arriving at 2222 Sunday evening.
 

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We then walk 0.5miles (or 11 mins walk) to Morley Train station and take the 22:56 train to Marsden (Yorks) arriving at 23:32
 

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We next board the 2339 TransPennine Express service 1K38 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 0007 in the early hours of Monday morning.
 

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We wait overnight and get the first service after 0500, the 0505 Avanti West Coast service 1R02 to Nuneaton, arriving at 0617 Monday morning.
 

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We exit the railway station to the coach station, where we board the 0955 Arriva Kent Thameside service 510 to Harlow (Bus Station), arriving there at 1055 on Monday morning.
 

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We then walk the 3 minutes (0.1 miles) to the Bus Garage and get the 11:31 Epping Forest Community Transport service D87 to Debden Station, arriving at 12:28 Monday afternoon.
 

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Exiting the tube station and taking the four minute walk to Torrington Drive, we then board the 1238 CT Plus service 20 to Leyton (Hoe Street/Bakers Arms), arriving there at 1330 on Monday afternoon.
 

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We then get the 1339 Transport for London service 55 to Great Titchfield Street Oxford Circus (Stop OP), arriving at 1457 Monday afternoon.
 

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We then walk 100 yds to Oxford Circus Station (LU) and take the 1503 Central line service to West Ruislip Station arriving at 1541 Monday Afternoon.
 

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