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Then we take a 4 minute walk to Millennium Centre and catch the 18:09 Cardiff Bus ‘Baycar’ service to Cardiff Queen Street Station arriving there at 18:25 on Wednesday
Just enough time to enter the railway station and board the 1830 Arriva Trains Wales service to Merthyr Tydfil that arrives there at 1931 on Wednesday evening.
Walking through the town centre to the bus station, we then board the 2005 Stagecoach South Wales service X4 to Ebbw Vale (Learning Zone), arriving there at 2042 on Wednesday evening.
We take the three minute walk to Gladstone Street and board the 2237 Stagecoach South Wales service X15 to Brynmawr (Catholic Road) that arrives there at 2255 on Wednesday evening.
It's taken me two hours to find out that the bus stop on Catholic Road is actually Brynmawr bus station
That is it for the day, so the following morning we board the 0531 Stagecoach South Wales service X15 to Newport (Royal Gwent Hospital), arriving there at 0723 on Thursday morning.
We take the four minute walk to Cardiff Road and board the 0746 Cardiff Bus service 30 to Penylan (Newport Road/Ipswich Road) that arrives there at 0821 on Thursday morning.
We take the four minute walk to Lansdowne Road and there board the 0922 Cardiff Bus service 96 to Barry (King Square..Stop 4/Ty-Newydd Road) that arrives there at 1008 on Thursday morning.
We appear to be just a few metres away from Pontypridd station, so we head inside and board the 1435 Arriva Trains Wales service 2T30 to Tonypandy, arriving there at 1449 on Thursday afternoon.
Leaving the railway station, we take the short two minute walk to Church Road and board the 1604 Stagecoach South Wales service 120 to Blaencwm (Turning Circle on Michael's Road) that arrives there at 1631 on Thursday afternoon.
We take the eight minute walk to stop KB on Castle Street and board the 1833 Stagecoach South Wales service 122 to Trebanog (Trebanog Arms PH) that arrives there at 1935 on Thursday evening.
Walking 0.3 miles (6 mins) to Porth Station, we find we've missed the last train of the day, so wait overnight to board the 06:09 Arriva Trains Wales service 2F00 to Cardiff Central, arriving at 06:48Friday morning.
We exit the station to the Royal Hotel on Westgate Street and there board the 0658 Cardiff Bus service 57 to Pontprennau (The Farthings), arriving there at 0729 on Friday morning.
We take the eight minute walk to the bus stop on the A48 and there board the 0928 First South and West Wales service X2 to Porthcawl (John Street) that arrives there at 1035 on Friday morning.
Walking 0.5 miles (10 mins) to Wildmill station, we choose to say goodbye to Wales, boarding the 12:36 Arriva Trains Wales service 2G60 to Gloucester, arriving at 14:21Friday afternoon.
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