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We have a quick nap, grab a coffee then board the 2:27 kinchbus skylink Service to lecister st Margaret’s bus station arriving at 3:50 early on Sunday morning.
We look around Bournemouth, get some lunch and then enter the station to board the 12:39 south western railway service to Weymouth arriving at 13:35 on Sunday.
Walking 300m to King’s Statue, we then board the 14:00 First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset service 1 to Southwell, Rushetts Close, arriving at 14:35 Sunday afternoon.
We walk 0.5 miles to Southwell road and board the 15:07 first Wessex, Dorset and south Somerset 501 service to Portland bill, lighthouse arriving at 15:12 on Sunday afternoon.
Unfortunately, we have very little time to enjoy this headland before boarding the 15:20 First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset service 501 to Weymouth Bus Garage, arriving at 16:05 Sunday afternoon.
This is a request stop, so ensuring we signal for the train to stop, we then board the 2040 Great Western Railway service 1F35 to Southampton Central, arriving there at 2203 on Sunday evening.
Leaving the station, we walk 0.3 miles to Regent Street, where we board the 13:00 Weston & District CT service B1 to Bleadon Bridge Road, arriving ay 13:17Monday afternoon.
Taking the 11 minute/0.5 mile walk to the bus stop on the A370 opposite Bleadon Road, we then board the 1350 First West of England 'Somerset Coaster' service 20 to Brean (Leisure Centre), arriving there at 1416 on Monday afternoon.
Sadly there are no more departures on both the West Somerset Railway or any other buses, so we spend the night in Butlins and board the 0532 Buses of Somerset service 28 to Taunton (Railway Station), arriving there at 0640 on Tuesday morning.
Exiting the station to the bus stop outside, we then board the 1357 East Coast Buses service X7 to Edinburgh (West End/Queensferry Street), arriving there at 1511 on Tuesday afternoon.
We take the four minute walk to stop SB on Shandwick Place and there board the 1518 Lothian Buses service 26 to Musselburgh (the bus stop adjacent to Hope Place on Ravenshaugh Road) that arrives at 1616 on Tuesday afternoon.
Walking up to Levenhall Roundabout, we then board the 16:53 East Coast Buses service 124 to North Berwick, St Baldred’s Church, arriving at 17:37 Tuesday afternoon.
We next board the 1916 Lothian Buses service 42 to Craigleith (the bus stop opposite Craigleith Hill on Craigleith Road) that arrives there at 2007 on Tuesday evening.
Walking around the corner to the bus stop opposite Craigleith Drive, we then board the 2033 Lothian Buses service 41 to Edinburgh University (Kings Buildings), arriving there at 2107 on Tuesday evening.
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