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We take advantage of the overnight relaxation rule and return in the morning for the 0440 Stagecoach West service 10 to Westbury-on-Trym (Westbury Village), arriving there at 0505 on Saturday morning.
Next we have to wait a little while as early morning frequencies on Saturdays are not the best, we take the 0630 Stagecoach West service 11 to Avonmouth, Farr Street arriving at 0645 on Saturday morning.
Rather than waiting an hour, or using the 10/11 again, let's board the 0705 First WoE citylines|3&4 service 3 towards Broadmead, and alight at Bristol, The Centre, stop C10 at 0734 on Saturday.
Bidding a fond farewell to this marvellous city, we take the ten minute walk to the bus stop outside the rear of McDonalds at Cabot Circus where we board the 0845 Megabus service M31 to Manchester (Shudehill Interchange), arriving there at 1225 on Saturday afternoon.
Let's stay away from trains and local buses a while longer, and catch the green line of Manchester Metrolink at 1238, alighting at Sale Metrolink stop at 1300 on Saturday.
We have to cross over to the opposite platform that is used by heavy rail services and board the 1413 Northern Trains service to Mouldsworth that arrives there at 1501 on Saturday afternoon.
We exit the railway station to the adjacent Bus Station and catch the 1720 Arriva Wales service 12 to Abergele, Tesco arriving there at 1749 on Saturday.
We take the 8 minute 0.4 mile walk to the Railway Station and catch the 1913 Transport for Wales service to Llandudno Junction arriving at 1922 on Saturday.
On the assumption that the same bus forms the return working back to Bangor, as there is only four minutes until the next service, we then board the 2123 Arriva Wales service 67L to Hirael (Depot), arriving there at 2148 on Saturday evening.
We take advantage of the overnight rule and in the morning take the three minute walk to the railway station, where we board the first service of the day, the 0821 Transport for Wales service 1H80 to Newton-le-Willows, arriving there at 1020 on Sunday morning.
We exit the station and take the five minute walk to the bus stop outside St Chad's Church, where we board the 1430 Blackpool Transport service 2 to Blackpool (Abingdon Street), arriving there at 1455 on Sunday afternoon.
We take the 5 minute 0.2 mile walk to Blackpool North station and catch the 1551 Northern service to Manchester Oxford Road arriving at 1711 on Sunday.
We exit the station to the bus stop outside on Oxford Road itself, where we board the 1735 Stagecoach Manchester service 101 to Chorlton (Southern Cemetery), arriving there at 1757 on Sunday afternoon.
We take the three minute walk to Barlow Moor Road and there board the 1803 Stagecoach Manchester service 23 to Trafford Centre (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1832 on Sunday evening.
We head to stand 7 to board the 1839 Go North West Orbits service 520, from which we alight at Pendleton (Salford Shopping Centre, Stop A) at 1909 on Sunday.
We then board the 1930 Stagecoach Manchester service 50 to Chorlton-upon-Medlock (Upper Brook Street/Booth Street East), arriving there at 1952 on Sunday evening.
Looking for a more salubrious place on a Sunday night, we next board the 2011 Stagecoach Manchester service 50 to East Didsbury (the Kingsway lay-by bus stances at Parrs Wood) that arrives there at 2031 on Sunday evening.
Hoping for a more interesting form of transport other than bus or train, we take the five minute walk to the tram stop and board the 2042 Metrolink Pink Line service to Shaw & Crompton, arriving there at 2144 on Sunday evening.
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