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We then get the 10:22 Thameslink service 9S20 to Cambridge, arriving at 12:40 Thursday morning.
 
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We exit the station to the bus stops outside, where we board the 1255 Stagecoach Cambridge Citi service 3 to Cherry Hinton (Tesco), arriving there at 1308 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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We next board the 13:25 Cambridge Citi service 1 to Addenbrooke's Hospital Bus Station (Bay A) where we arrive at 13:42 on Thursday afternoon.
 
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We then board the 1414 Stagecoach Cambridge Citi service 7 to Saffron Walden (High Street), arriving there at 1511 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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We appear to be stuck until the morning, so will then take the 0746 Stephensons of Essex service 306 to Bishop's Stortford, Interchange arriving there at 0816 on Friday morning.
 

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We find time to buy a local pork pie at the station café and then walk to the bus stop in the forecourt to catch the 11:45 Centrebus North service 19 to Nottingham Crown Court (Stop C12) where we arrive at 12:31 on Friday afternoon
 

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We take the 4 minute 0.2 mile walk to the Railway Station and board the 1326 East Midlands Railway service to Langwith-Whaley Thorns arriving there at 1412 on Friday.
 

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We walk 150 yards to the bus stop and board the 14:24 Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes service 23 to Radmanthwaite (adj Woburn Road) where we alight at 14:57 on Friday afternoon.
 

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We next board the 16:26 Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes Sherwood Arrow which takes us to Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre where we alight at 17:26 on Friday evening.
 

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We appear to be stuck here for the night now, so we check into a hotel in the forest and return for the 0848 Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes Sherwood Arrow service to Nottingham (Huntingdon Street), arriving there at 0945 on Saturday morning.
 

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We walk the 500 yards to the Lace Market tram stop and board the 11:09 Nottingham Express Transit service to Hucknall Station, where we arrive at 11:38 on Saturday morning
 
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We just have time to walk the 200 yards to the Sherwood Street stop to catch the 12:45 Stagecoach Grimsby and Cleethorpes service 1 to Tibshelf White Hart, where we arrive at 13:40 on Saturday afternoon.
 

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We then board the 1421 Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes Mansfield Miller service 1 to Sutton-in-Ashfield (Kings Mill Hospital), arriving there at 1455 on Saturday afternoon.
 

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We then board the 1705 National Express service 319 to Oxford (Gloucester Green Bus Station), arriving there at 2055 on Saturday evening.
 

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We walk round the corner to Stop SA and board the 23:53 Metroline service 92 which takes us to Greenford Station where we arrive at 00:12 on Sunday morning

We wait on the platform for the 01:08 Chiltern Railways service to Little Kimble, where we arrive at 01:16 on Sunday morning.
 
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That appears to be it for the night now, so we return in the morning for the 0738 Chiltern Railways service 2H03 to West Ruislip, arriving there at 0821 on Sunday morning.
 

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We board the next eastbound Central Line train, departing at 08:32, which takes us all the way to Epping where we arrive at 09:57.
 
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That is one loop and a half, West Ruislip to Epping and back to North Acton! :lol: good bit of mileage on there!

We then exit the station and board the 1133 London United service 440 to Turnham Green (Church), arriving there at 1205 on Sunday afternoon.
 

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We then take the 4 minute walk to Chiswick Park underground station and take the 1219 District Line service to Ealing Common arriving there at 1223 on Sunday afternoon.
 

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