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We then take the 14:45 OR Jones number 42 bus to Bangor railway station arriving at 15:05 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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Just been thwarted in my attempt to catch the 1522 Express Motors service 1 to Criccieth (High Street) due to arrive at 1620 on Thusday afternoon.....and where do we end up instead but at Wolverhampton....<(<(
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We then board 1G60, the 1623 Arriva Trains Wales service to Wolverhampton, arriving there at 1910 on Thursday evening.

We mollify our disappointment somewhat by boarding the 1937 Virgin service to Glasgow Central that arrives there at 2318 on Thursday evening.
 

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We next decide to get the Caledonian, so we board the 2340 ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper to Watford Junction, arriving at 0622 on Friday morning.
 

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We next decide to get the Caledonian, so we board the 2340 ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper to Watford Junction, arriving at 0622 on Friday morning.

Which allows us to fall into the 06:41 LM service to Atherstone (shame it doesn't stop at Polesworth) arriving at 08:21 on Friday Morning.
 

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After about 50 minutes in Kidsgrove, we take the 11:06 Northern Rail service to Bramhall arriving at 11:33 on Friday morning.
 
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There are a couple of stops in Grove Lane Gillbent so we walk back to the one by the rugby club that the X57 service stops at and await Stagecoach's 1205 X57 service which we get on and stay on until Piccadilly Gardens Manchester at 1303 Friday.
 

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We then take the 13:07 Manchester Metrolink service to East Didsbury arriving at 13:39 on Friday afternoon.
 

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Having missed the 23A in both directions by less than two minutes at Parrs Wood, we wait for the next Stageocach Manchester 23 to the Trafford Centre bus station, arriving at 14:44.
 

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We then take the 14:50 Stagecoach Manchester number 23A to Stockport bus station arriving at 15:55 on Friday Afternoon.
 

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Just been thwarted in my attempt to catch the 1522 Express Motors service 1 to Criccieth (High Street) due to arrive at 1620 on Thusday afternoon.....and where do we end up instead but at Wolverhampton....<(<(

To be fair I did post nearly fifteen minutes before you did, so I wouldn't exactly call your attempted 'thwarted' :D

Plus what's wrong with Wolverhampton?! I briefly lived there for a few months and I also have good friends that still live there!

The idea of the game is to keep moving, which I did. If we keep complaining about where we end up, we'll get nowhere....

I'm also VERY surprised you haven't complained about the fact we're back in Greater Manchester.....:lol:


Heading off to more ruggedly scenic views, we next board the 1605 High Peak service 199 to Peak Dale (adjacent to the old railway station) that arrives there at 1739 on Friday afternoon.

We then board the 1756 High Peak service 199 to Stepping Hill (Buxton Road/Dialstone Lane), arriving there at 1840 on Friday evening.
 

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Hence the reason for my making a posting that took us out of there to the Peak Dale area of Derbyshire....:D
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We then board the 1756 High Peak service 199 to Stepping Hill (Buxton Road/Dialstone Lane), arriving there at 1840 on Friday evening.

This affords us the opportunity to make a short onwards journey away from the A6, so we next board the 1854 Manchester Community Transport service 307 to Offerton (The Britannia Hotel on Dialstone Lane) that arrives there at 1900 on Friday evening.
 
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A6, so we next board the 1854 Manchester Community Transport service 307 to Offerton (The Britannia Hotel on Dialstone Lane) that arrives there at 1900 on Friday evening.

From just around the corner on Hillcrest Road, we then board the 1911 Stagecoach Manchester service 383 to Marple (Brabyns Brow/Marple Station), arriving there at 1924 on Friday evening.
 

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After exploring Marple and getting dinner, we change transport and take the 21:07 Northern Rail service to Sheffield arriving at 22:03 on Friday evening.
 

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We then walk over to the Interchange and board the 2245 NX route 240 to HEATHROW AIRPORT, Central Bus Station, arriving at 0355 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then board the 0435 Abellio Surrey service 555, alighting at Walton Town Centre, The Bear at 0530 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then take the 06:07 Abellio Surrey number 555 bus to Walton-On-Thames railway station arriving at 06:12 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then take the 0708 Abellio Surrey route 458 to Staines Bus Station, arriving 0736 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then take the 07:58 First Berkshire and the Thames Valley number 71 bus to Slough bus station arriving at 08:42 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then take the 0856 London United service 81 to Hounslow, Treaty Centre, arriving at around 0943 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then catch the 0910 Greenline 702 service to Victoria coach station, arriving at 1005 on a Saturday morning.
 
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Unfortunately Higthomas you have been beaten by my move to Hounslow Treaty Centre. We are there at 0943 on a Saturday morning. Someone in a higher position may be able to confirm this.
 

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Unfortunately Higthomas you have been beaten by my move to Hounslow Treaty Centre. We are there at 0943 on a Saturday morning. Someone in a higher position may be able to confirm this.

Not saying I am in a higher position, but yes, we are at Hounslow Treaty Square.
 

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We then take the 0856 London United service 81 to Hounslow, Treaty Centre, arriving at around 0943 on Saturday morning.

If by being the member who has made most postings upon this relaunched quiz and being 69 years of age, I so declare that the above posting is indeed the one that the next posting should be based upon at this point in time.
 
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After my previous posting caused more confusion than it should have, I'll give it another go.

We next catch the 0956 London United route 111 to Heathrow Airport Central Bus Station, arriving at 1026 on a Saturday morning.
 

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