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Heading over to the bus station, we then board the 2100 Stagecoach Manchester service 33 to Langworthy (Metrolink Station), arriving there at 2204 on Monday evening.
We're two minutes walk from Flixton railway station, and just in time to catch the last train of the day - the 2343 Northern service to Liverpool Lime Street arriving 0041Tuesday morning.
Just when I was starting to lose hope on Liverpool's night buses, and was aiming to catch the first service out of Lime Street (0338), we find a coach service is available so we walk behind Lime Street to Norton Street/Kempston Street, where we board the 0227 National Express service 61 to Manchester (Chorlton Street Coach Station), arriving there at 0340 on Tuesday morning.
We take the three minutes walk to the bus stop on Portland Street that serves Chinatown and there we board the 0402 Stagecoach Manchester service 105 to Wythenshawe Interchange that arrives there at 0440 on Tuesday morning.
We walk to the adjacent bus stop and board the 0532 Stagecoach Manchester service 86 to Chorlton-on-Medlock (Oxford Road/All Saints) that arrives there at 0551 on Tuesday morning.
From the same stop we take a cross-city bus journey on the 0600 First Manchester service 42 to Cheetham, Cheetham Hill Rd / Queens Rd, arriving at 0617 Tuesday morning.
We enter the Metrolink stop here and board the 0652 Manchester Metrolink service to West Didsbury Metrolink stop that arrives there at 0735 on Tuesday morning.
We cross over the road and board the 1050 First Manchester service 58 to Firgrove (Milnrow Road/Kingsway) that arrives there at 1149 on Tuesday morning.
We walk to the adjacent bus stop and board the 1425 Stagecoach Manchester service 216 to Ashton-under-Lyne bus station that arrives there at 1435 on Tuesday afternoon.
We next board the 1652 Stagecoach Manchester service 23A to Heaton Mersey (Didsbury Road/Bank Hall Road) that arrives there at 1723 on Tuesday afternoon.
Around the corner at the Moorside Road / Bankhall Road bus stop, we catch the 1733 Stagecoach Manchester service 197 to Levenshulme Railway Station arriving at 1750 Tuesday afternoon.
We've missed the last bus of the day from Chelford by a matter of minutes, so we stick with Northern and the 1909 train to Stockport, arriving at 1929 Tuesday evening.
Saying farewell to the north west, we then board the 1939 Arriva Trains Wales service 1V64 to Cardiff Central, arriving there at 2259 on Tuesday evening.
Unfortunately, Lawrence Hill has no more rail services, however there are 24 hour bus services so we exit the station and board the 0110 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 43 to Kingswood (Kings Chase Centre), arriving there at 0120 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Our options here are limited so we board the next First in Bristol, Bath and The West 43 service at 0130 as far as City Centre, The Centre (Co) where we arrive at 0152 on Wednesday morning.
Taking the short walk to Lewins Mead, we then board the 0205 First Bristol service 73 to Filton (The Bulldog), arriving there at 0220 on Wednesday morning.
From Filton, The Bulldog (NE-bound) we are able to take First in Bristol Bath & the West service 70 at 0246 as far as Frenchay, Frenchay Campus (Stop A) where we arrive at 0254 on Wednesday morning.
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