The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

We leave stand 1 at 0745 on Townlynx service 14D, alighting at Denbigh, Library & Museum at 0834 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0845 Arriva Wales service 51 to Rhuddlan (the bus stop adjacent to Highland Close on Fairlands Crescent) that arrives there at 0926 on Thursday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (5 min / 0.2 mile) to the Haulfre stop on Rhyl Rd where we board the every-50-minutes Arriva Wales service 13 at 1000. We alight at Old Colwyn, Ship Inn at 1035 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1042 Arriva Wales service 15 to Deganwy (the bus stop before Ty Mawr on Glan-y-Mor Road) that arrives there at 1101 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk to Deganwy station and board the 1147 Transport for Wales service 1H87 to East Didsbury, arriving there at 1402 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1415 Northern service to Heald Green that arrives there at 1421 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk for 2 minutes to Heald Green Hotel (stop B) where we await the 1507 D&G Bus service 130. We alight at Macclesfield General Hospital at 1605 on Thursday.

So please to finally be able to get us on this route, the sad reminas of the once great Macclesfield - Manchester route...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We are fortunate that two bus services still serve the hospital, so we next board the 1654 D&G Bus service 88 to Morley Green (the bus stop near Mobberley Road on Altrincham Road) that arrives there at 1827 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Must confess I had a bit of a job trying to find this stop, but I think it's because there is a slight deviation to the route in the evenings!

Anyway, we're a little limited for options here so from the Sandy Lane stop opposite we can only board the 1917 D&G Bus service 88 to Wilmslow (Railway Station), arriving there at 1928 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Plenty of time to enter the station and board the 1948 Transport for Wales service to Wem that arrives there at 2037 on Thursday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

The last bus of the day left here nearly three hours ago, unbelievably, so we board 2K72, Transport for Wales' 2049 departure.
We alight at Crewe at 2122 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2136 Transport for Wales service to Rhosneigr (remembering to notify the member of train staff, as this is a request stop) that arrives there at 2357 on Thursday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the first train of the morning, the 0636 Transport for Wales service 1V92 to Garth (Mid Glamorgan), arriving at 12:07 Friday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk 2 minutes to the Maiden St bus stop, where First Cymru service 70 departs at 1213.
We alight at Caerau (Church) at 1235 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1244 First Cymru service 70 to Aberkenfig (Rugby Club on Bridgend Road) that arrives there at 1303 on Friday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk 0.5 mile (10 mins) to Sarn station (ignoring Google Maps, which says the entrance is on the east side of the railway). There we await Transport for Wales' 1431 service (2G60), from which we alight at Severn Tunnel Junction at 1534 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Severn Tunnel Junction is really not the most welcoming of stations in the arse end of nowhere, so we continue on the 1634 Transport for Wales service 2G62 to Cheltenham, arriving there at 1724 on Friday afternoon.

* Which is literally when I'm leaving Cheltenham on my way home from work!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1730 Crosscountry service to Plymouth that arrives there at 2049 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Wondered why on earth that has such a long journey time to Plymouth, then realised it's because it has a 37 minute layover at Temple Meads!

Anyway, we could use the local buses in Plymouth but instead go for the 2125 Great Western Railway service 2M77 to Weston-super-Mare, arriving there at 2337 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and next board the 0543 Great Western Railway service to Exmouth that arrives there at 0721 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the four minute walk to bus stop outside Peacocks, where we board the 0750 Stagecoach South West service 57 to Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, arriving there at 0818 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0835 Stagecoach South West service 39 to Bovey Tracey (House of Marbles on Pottery Road) that arrives there at 0924 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0954 Stagecoach South West service 39 to Newton Abbot (Sherborne Road), arriving there at 1012 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1025 Country Bus service 182 to Chudleigh (Millstream Mow) that arrives there at 1046 on Saturday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Going back to Severn Tunnel Junction, I have a colleague for whom that is his local station, and he can walk there!!!

We've covered the full length of both routes that serve Chudleigh on a Saturday, so decide to head back to Exeter. We therefore walk the 0.3 mile (6 mins) to Memorial bus stop on Fore St and board Stagecoach South West service 39 at 1131. We alight at Exeter Bus Station (stand 2) at 1202 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1250 Stagecoach South West service 44 to Gittisham (Vilage Bus Shelter on Parsonage Lane) that arrives there at 1355 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We continue on the next bus through the village, the 1555 Stagecoach South West service 44, from which we alight at Honiton (New St) at 1610 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1625 Stagecoach South West service 9 to Sidmouth (the bus stop opposite Core Hill Road on High Street) that arrives there at 1717 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart at 1802 on Stagecoach South West service 9A, and alight at Seaton (Tramway Station) at 1851 on Saturday, not far from the abode of a well-known public transport blogger...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Being January, no timetable trams are running, so we next board the 1922 Stagecoach South West service 9A to Clyst St Mary (Westpoint on the A3052) that arrives there at 2014 on Saturday evening and make our way to the Half-Moon Inn where we have an evening meal table for four booked.