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ValleyLines142

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We exit the station and board the 0225 Thames Travel service NX2 to Abingdon (Stratton Way), arriving there at 0253 on Friday morning.
 

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There look to be no more buses overnight except the next NX2, so we get some sleep and start again by getting the 0645 Thames Travel service 45, alighting at Culham Science Centre Entrance at 0654 on Friday.
 

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We take the nine minute walk to the bus stop outside the Conference Centre, where we board the 0715 Thames Travel service 95 to Didcot Parkway (Railway Station), arriving there at 0744 on Friday morning.
 

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We enter the railway station and take the 0807 Great Western Railway service to Culham arriving at 0814 on Friday morning.
 
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So I think we are back at Didcot?

Let's leave Didcot Parkway on 1C04, the 0814 Great Western Railway service alighting at Chippenham at 0842 on the Friday.
 

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Bit of a walk from the Rail Station to Bus Station, longer than our allowance anyway, so we step outside the railway station and catch the 0852 Faresaver service X34 to Chippenham, Bus Station arriving at 0856 on Friday morning.
 

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We next board the 1146 Stagecoach West service 49 to Trowbridge (Fire Station), arriving there at 1228 on Friday afternoon.
 

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We next board the 1330 First West of England Discover service D2 to Odd Down (St Martin's Hospital), arriving there at 1409 on Friday afternoon.
 

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We walk around the corner to the Midford Rd stop, to board the 1448 First West of England Mendip Explorer service 174, alighting at Shepton Mallet (Cenotaph) at 1552 on Friday.
 

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After a very short wait at the Cenotaph, we can board the 16:05 Frome Bus service 669, depositing us at Glastonbury Town Hall at 16:37 on that Friday afternoon.

(As we'll be travelling via Pilton, let's hope it's not a Glastonbury Festival weekend .... :D)
 

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We next board the 1808 First West of England Mendip Explorer service 126 to Weston-super-Mare (Stafford Road), arriving there at 1905 on Friday evening.
 

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We follow the bus we've just alighted from to the railway station (0.2 mile) and board 2C87, the 1930 Great Western Railway service, travelling as far as Ivybridge, where we arrive at 2127 on the Friday.
 

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We take the nine minute walk to the delightfully named Rue St Pierre, where we board the 2141 Stagecoach South West Gold service to Torquay (Cary Parade), arriving there at 2251 on Friday evening.
 

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We then walk to Stop A and get the 23:12 Stagecoach South West service 12 to Brixham (Town Square (Stand C)), arriving 23:39 Friday evening.
 

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I'm not sure if there are any more buses left at this hour, so we return in the morning and walk around the corner to the station where we board the 0610 Great Western Railway service 2F06 to Exeter Central, arriving there at 0720 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then get the 0729 South Western Railway service 1L28 to Andover, arriving 0937 Saturday morning.
 

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We walk to the Station Approach to board Stagecoach in Hampshire Andover activ8 at 1007, alighting at Amesbury (outside Lidl) at 1105 on Saturday.
 

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We now get the 1225 Salisbury reds service X5 to Swindon Bus Station, arriving at 1425 Saturday afternoon.
 

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Taking the short walk to Swindon's railway station, we board 1B17, Great Western Railway's 1440 service, alighting at Bridgend at 1606 on the Saturday.
 

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We leave the station, making the short walk to The Surgery bus stop, leaving here at 1833 on Stagecoach South Wales service 61. We alight at Abercwmboi Terminus at 1849 on the Saturday
 

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