The Transport Game (UK)

[backontrack]

He talks of San Francisco, he's from Hunter's Bar...

Fancying a visit to said rounabout, we walk the 0.3 miles (6 mins) up to Moorhead, where we board the 17:05 Stagecoach Yorkshire service 88 to Hunters Bar, adj Neill Road, arriving at 17:22 Wednesday afternoon.

No buses go from here to High Green, the now-shuttered Boardwalk or Rotherham, so we instead head out southwest on the 17:46 Stagecoach in Chesterfield route 65 bus service to Tideswell (Fountain Square), arriving there at 18:34 on Wednesday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

No buses go from here to High Green, the now-shuttered Boardwalk or Rotherham

You missed the 81/82 to Hillsborough (High Green mate, via Hillsborough please )

I think (unless I've missed something) that's it for the day, so we take the night here. In the morning, we board the first bus to arrive, the 07:23 Hulleys of Baslow service 173 to Great Longstone, opp Village Green, arriving at 07:37 Thursday morning.

 

[backontrack]

You missed the 81/82 to Hillsborough (High Green mate, via Hillsborough please )

I think (unless I've missed something) that's it for the day, so we take the night here. In the morning, we board the first bus to arrive, the 07:23 Hulleys of Baslow service 173 to Great Longstone, opp Village Green, arriving at 07:37 Thursday morning.

Oops! Sorry. Aren't I Mister Inconspicuous...

Next, we board the 09:08 Hulleys of Baslow route 173 service to Wardlow (Church), arriving there at 09:17 on Thursday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

...I hope you're not involved at all

Wardlow is a delightful if somewhat sleepy village, so we admire the local scenery for a while before boarding the 10:22 Hulleys of Baslow service 173 to Great Hucklow, adj Old Chapel, arriving at 10:38 Thursday morning.

 

[backontrack]

...I hope you're not involved at all

Wardlow is a delightful if somewhat sleepy village, so we admire the local scenery for a while before boarding the 10:22 Hulleys of Baslow service 173 to Great Hucklow, adj Old Chapel, arriving at 10:38 Thursday morning.

It don't stop in the winter, now

Great Hucklow gives us a few more options. Forefront among these is the Stagecoach in Chesterfield route 65 bus service. We board the 12:30 departure, and arrive at Buxton (Market Place, Stop A) at 13:05 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

Ok now I’ve run out of Arctic Monkey’s lyrics

Here we board the 13:25 High Peak service 58 to Cat & Fiddle PH, arriving at 13:44 Thursday afternoon.

 

[backontrack]

Next, we board the 14:36 High Peak route 58 bus service to Macclesfield rail station, arriving there at 14:51 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

Here we board the 15:25 Cross Country service 1V61 to Cheltenham Spa, arriving at 17:23 Thursday afternoon.

 

[backontrack]

And, because we love Voyagers soooooo much, we decide to board the 17:42 CrossCountry rail service to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 19:59 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2031 Transport for Wales service 1V66 to Newport, arriving there at 2358 on Thursday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Here, we wait for the 01:00 Transport for Wales service 2B01 to Pontypool & New Inn, arriving at 01:17 Friday morning.

 

[backontrack]

We decide to call it a day and retire to our accommodation. On Friday morning, we board the 06:14 Transport for Wales rail service to Church Stretton, disembarking there at 07:30.

 

[DanTrain]

Here we walk the short distance to the town centre to board the 07:56 Minsterley service 435 to Ludlow, opposite Police Station, arriving at 08:32 Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Here we walk the short distance to the town centre to board the 07:56 Minsterley service 540 to Ludlow, opposite Police Station, arriving at 08:32 Friday morning.

Do you mean the 435? As the 540 isn't operated by Misterley (and also doesn't go to Ludlow).

The timings appear to match regardless, so we take the eight minute walk to the railway station, where we board the 0906 Transport for Wales service 1V35 to Port Talbot Parkway, arriving there at 1111 on Friday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Here, we leave the station and enter the adjacent bus station where we board the 11:30 National Express service 322 to Scunthorpe Bus Station, arriving at 20:55 Friday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Do you mean the 435? As the 540 isn't operated by Misterley (and also doesn't go to Ludlow).

Sorry, yes I do, I'll edit it.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Here, we leave the station and enter the adjacent bus station where we board the 11:30 National Express service 322 to Scunthorpe Bus Station, arriving at 20:55 Friday evening.

Well the vast majority of Scunthorpe's bus services all wind down from about 6 o'clock which seems very inconvenient, with the sole exception of the 1A which only does a loop across the town, so we take the ten minute walk to the railway station and board the 2110 TransPennine Express service 1B95 to Stockport, arriving there at 2252 on Friday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

We now walk to the nearby bus station for the 23:30 High Peak 'Skyline' service 199 to Chapel en le Frith, opp New Inn, arriving at 00:13 early Saturday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We then wait a few hours until the 0609 High Peak service 199 to Buxton, Market Place arriving there at 0625 on Saturday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Here we board the 07:00 Stagecoach in Chesterfield service 65 to Fox House, arriving at 08:00 Saturday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We then take the 0830 Hulleys of Baslow service 272 to Bamford, Bus Turnaround arriving there at 0843 on Saturday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Here we board the 09:11 Hulleys of Baslow service 274 to Tapton Hill, adj Tapton House Road, arriving at 09:39 Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0945 First South Yorkshire service 51 to Highfield (Charlotte Road/Queens Road), arriving there at 1010 on Saturday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

We now board the 10:21 First South Yorkshire service 41 to Frecheville, opp Spa Brook Drive, arriving at 10:39 Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then walk around the corner to Dyke Vale Road, where we board the 1051 First South Yorkshire service 41 to Sheffield (Arundel Gate), arriving there at 1119 on Saturday morning.

 

[backontrack]

Next, we walk to Sheffield railway station where we board the 12:21 CrossCountry rail service to Dunbar, arriving there at 15:39 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

Leaving the station, we find the bus stop opposite, where we find outselves in good time for the 15:46 Eves Coaches service 130 to Innerwick, opp Temple Mains Steading, arriving at 16:18 Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Services here appear to be very limited, so we wait for the 1744 Borders Buses service 253 to Berwick-upon-Tweed (Railway Station), arriving there at 1846 on Saturday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Here we walk the short distance to the Castlegate bus stop, where we board the 19:00 Borders Buses service 235 to St Abbs, at Old School, arriving at 19:35 Saturday evening.

 

[backontrack]

After enjoying our fish and chips by the harbour at St Abbs, we board the 21:10 Borders Buses route 235 service to Eyemouth (Victoria Road), arriving there at 21:31 on Saturday evening.