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We next board the 1040 National Express service 727 to University of East Anglia (Chancellors Drive/Admissions Building), arriving there at 1315 on Thursday afternoon.
We walk 7 minutes to Stop C on University Drive and board the 1333 First Eastern Counties Blue Line service 26A, alighting at Bowthorpe Shopping Centre at 1350 on Thursday.
We then board the 1355 First Norfolk & Suffolk Network Norwich service 21 to Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital (Forecourt), arriving there at 1408 on Thursday afternoon.
We take the ten minute, half a mile walk to the railway station, where we board the 2218 London Northwestern Railway service 1Y55 to Hampton-in-Arden, arriving there at 2308 on Thursday evening.
Sadly, bus service has ended for the day, so we take the 2355 London Northwestern Railway service 2Y55 to Tile Hill, arriving at 0004 on Friday morning.
Taking advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule, we next board the 0552 West Midland Trains service to Adderley Park that arrives there at 0605 on Friday morning.
Being mindful of the 12 minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 0700 West Midland Trains service to Shrewsbury that arrives there at 0810 on Friday morning.
Allowing for the 7 minute minimum connection time, we next board the 1058 Transport for Wales service to Troed-y-Rhiw that arrives there at 1150 on Friday morning.
We walk to the Infant's School stop, where we board the 1205 Stagecoach South Wales service 78 to Pontypridd (Bus Station), arriving at 1252 on Friday afternoon.
We next board the 1315 Stagecoach South Wales service X4 to Abergavenny (Bus Station), arriving there at 1534 on Friday afternoon.
I do wish they'd use deckers on the X4, would make for some cracking views across the Valleys! The current Scania Enviro 300s they use (28721-28741) are quite claustrophobic internally. Sometimes the X3 produces an ex-Oxford Gold Scania Enviro 400, but even then that's hit and miss!
Having enjoyed the ride on the X4 and wishing to make another trip on it, we next board the 1550 Stagecoach in South Wales service X4 to Brynmawr (Blaenau Gwent) (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1639 on Friday afternoon.
We manage to snatch a cup of tea before boarding the 17:05 Phil Anslow Travel service 31 to Blaenavon (High Street) where we arrive at 17:15 on Friday afternoon (sadly too late in the day to call in at Big Pit Mining Museum on the way).
We walk half a mile to the bus station, where we board the 2215 National Express service 501 to Paignton (Great Western Road), arriving at 0033 on Saturday morning.
We await the morning, and stroll to the bus station proper, leaving on Stagecoach South West's service 'hop 12' at 0554, alighting at Newton Abbot (Milber, Penn Inn rbt) at 0631 on Saturday.
We have to wait a little, but we eventually take the 0945 Stagecoach South West service MS4 to Torquay (Pavillion), arriving at 1018 on Saturday morning.
We board Western National X80, sorry, I mean Stagecoach South West service GOLD, at 1040. We take this to Plymouth (Prince Rock, Hele's Terrace), arriving at 1224 on Saturday.
We will walk about 2mins to Plymouth Gate and catch the 1307 stagecoach south west service 3 to Dartmouth Pontoon, arriving there at 1523 on Saturday Morning.
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