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It's less than a ¼ mile walk to Hattersley railway station, where we board the 1347 Northern train to Manchester Piccadilly arriving at 1409 Thursday afternoon.
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ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1430 Arriva Trains Wales service 1V46 to Pyle, arriving there at 1823 on Thursday evening.
johnnychips
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We then walk to Ffordd-yr-Eglwys and take the 1844 First 63 service to Bridgend Bus Station arriving 1915 on Thursday evening. Apologies, bold and italics unavailable.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 1930 First Cymru service X2 to Porthcawl (John Street) that arrives there at 1951 on Thursday evening
ValleyLines142
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The last X2 to Cardiff leaves in four minutes, just too short within the minimum connection time of five minutes. Furthermore, the next bus out of the area isn't for over an hour. We board the 2115 First Cymru service 63B to Pines Centre (Sainsburys/Bridgend Designer Outlet), arriving there at 2200 on Thursday evening.
Springs Branch
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From the same stop we board the 2208 First Cymru service 70 to Bridgend Bus Station arriving at 2215 Thursday evening.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 2220 First Cymru service X2 to Cardiff (St.David's House, Wood Street) that arrives there at 2305 on Thursday evening.
ValleyLines142
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Not drastically long to wait before we board the 0517 First Great Western service 2M02 to Westbury, arriving there at 0656 on Friday morning.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 0709 SWT service to Bradford-on-Avon that arrives there at 0720 on Friday morning.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 0730 First Great Western service 2D03 to Bristol Parkway, arriving there at 0827 on Friday morning.
Springs Branch
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We change to the 0909 Cross Country train as far as Stafford arriving at 1100 Friday morning.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We then board the 1130 XC service to Macclesfield that arrives there at 1211 on Friday afternoon.
ValleyLines142
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We hop onto the 1242 Virgin Trains service 1H20 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 1304 on Friday afternoon.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Leaving the station, we take the two-minute walk to the bus stop on Mansfield Road, where we board the 1515 Trent Barton The Nines service 9.1 to Sutton-in-Ashfield (Skegby Road) that arrives there at 1541 on Friday afternoon.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1557 Trent Barton The Threes service to Nottingham (Victoria Bus Station), arriving there at 1720 on Friday afternoon.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 1730 Trent Barton Rainbow 1 service to Heanor (Market Place) that arrives there at 1826 on Friday evening.
ValleyLines142
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Heading around the corner to the bus stop on Wilmot Street, we then board the 1838 Trent Barton Black Cat service (where do they get these route names from?!) to Derby (Bus Station), arriving there at 1925 on Friday evening.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Just enough time to board the 1930 Trent Barton Swift service to Ashbourne bus station that arrives there at 2000 on Friday evening.
ValleyLines142
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There's nothing much going on here either to be honest, so we have a quick meal and a drink in the Rose and Crown before boarding the 2146 Trent Barton Swift service back to Ashbourne (Bus Station), arriving there at 2200 on Friday evening.
Springs Branch
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The only option at this time of night seems to be a fourth consecutive trip on TrentBarton's Swift along the same stretch of the A52 towards Derby so we decide to call it a night in Ashbourne.
The following morning we board Aimee's Travel service 108 leaving the Bus Station at 0755, arriving in Leek (adjacent to the Bus Station) at 0900 Saturday morning.
The following morning we board Aimee's Travel service 108 leaving the Bus Station at 0755, arriving in Leek (adjacent to the Bus Station) at 0900 Saturday morning.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 0924 First Potteries service 18 to Hanley (City Centre Bus Station), arriving there at 1003 on Saturday morning.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Just enough time to board the 1008 First in The Potteries service 23 to Blurton (Ingleby Road) that arrives there at 1033 on Saturday morning.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1052 First Potteries service 23A to Stoke-on-Trent (Railway Station), arriving there at 1115 on Saturday morning.
An observation only - but that limits us to starting in Ashbourne next day. Had we returned to Derby, there might have been (haven't checked) further travel opportunities in the early hours and at least a far wider choice in the morning.
Springs Branch
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That's certainly true, but I had the impression no-one wanted to go back to Derby nased on previous couple of moves.
And if we went in that direction, how would we get to Manchester United Manchester United FC Halt?
Anyhow, at Stoke-on-Trent we board the 1125 Virgin Trains service to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving 1207 Saturday afternoon.
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Mindful of the 15 minute connection time, we next board the 1227 CrossCountry service to Brockenhurst, arriving at 1657 on Saturday afternoon.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1702 CrossCountry service 1M66 to Reading, arriving there at 1807 on Saturday evening.