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We take the eight minute walk to St Johns Street where we board the 1042 Stagecoach in the Fens "The Busway "B"" service to Cambridge (Drummer Street Bus Station) that arrives there at 1149 on Wednesday morning.
We take the four minute walk to Parkside, where we board the 1210 Stagecoach East service X5 to Milton Keynes Central Station, arriving there at 1425 on Wednesday afternoon.
We walk to bus stop 5 outside that station and board the 2023 morebus service M1 to Parkstone (Ashley Cross) that arrives there at 2051 on Wednesday evening.
Deciding to head inland from the coastal reaches, we next board the 2205 morebus service 4 to Merley (De Montfort Road) that arrives there at 2230 on Wednesday evening.
We take a well-earned advantage of the overnight travel relaxation ruling and next board the 0615 morebus service 13 to Northbourne (Brierley Road) that arrives there at 0649 on Thursday morning.
We take the five minute walk to the bus station, where we board the 1220 Arriva North West Sapphire service 130 to Cheadle (Alexandra Hospital), arriving there at 1336 on Thursday afternoon.
We take the two minute walk to Manchester Road and board the 1420 Stagecoach Manchester service 42B to Woodford (Jenny Lane/Woodford Road) that arrives there at 1447 on Thursday afternoon.
It amazes me why TfGM renumbered the former 157 to 42B, as the 42 and 42A serve a totally different terminal location.
Crossing the road, we next board the 1615 Stagecoach Manchester service 42A to Heaton Moor (Moor Top/Heaton Moor Road) that arrives there at 1643 on Thursday afternoon.
It's the same with the 15. There's the 250/255/256, which all follow a somewhat similar route, and then the 15.
We then board the 1655 Stagecoach Manchester service 197 to Manchester Royal Infirmary (on Grafton Street), arriving there at 1741 on Thursday afternoon.
We take the five minute walk to the Manchester University refrectory on Oxford Road and there board the 1800 First Manchester Vantage service V2 to Atherton (unlighting stop on Market Street) that arrives there at 1909 on Thursday evening.
We take the short walk to the bus stop outside the Punch Bowl, where we board the 1913 First Manchester service 582 to Bolton (Vickers Street), arriving there at 1931 on Thursday evening.
We take the two minute walk to Aldi (stop B) on Bolton Road and there board the 2056 First Manchester service 8 to Burnden (Manchester Road near to Southfield Street) that arrives there at 2120 on Thursday evening.
We take the four minute walk to the bus stop on Astley Street, where we board the 2239 First Manchester Vantage service V1 to Manchester (University Shopping Centre), arriving there at 2315 on Thursday evening.
We take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and after passing the time as best we can, we take the ten minute walk to stop G on Rossall Way and there board the 0511 First Manchester service 36 to Great Lever (Bradford Road/Green Lane) that arrives there at 0553 on Friday morning.
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