The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1839 Sanders Coaches service X55 to Mundersley (the bus stop adjacent to Gold Park Gates on High Street) that arrives there at 1930 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

That's it for today, so we return in the morning...
The first possible departure is at 0645 on the X55, so instead we await the 0725 departure on Sanders Coaches service 5. We alight at Sheringham, Railway Approach at 0812 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We walk into the railway station and await the 0822 Greater Anglia service to North Walsham arriving at 0851 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deciding to continue this enjoyable area travelogue, we leave the railway station and take the short walk to the bus stop adjacent to Station Avenue, where we next board the 0917 Sanders Coaches service 210 to Spixworth (the bus stop adjacent to Beeston Lane on Buxton Road) that arrives there at 1002 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1032 First Norfolk & Suffolk Turquoise Line service 13 to Wymondham (Orchard Way), arriving there at 1129 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1139 Konectbus service 6 to Watton (the bus stop adjacent to Wayland Avenue near Three Post Road) that arrives there at 1220 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Vexed]

We take a five minute walk over to the Watton (adj Swaffham Road) bus stop and board the 1319 Konectbus 11 service to Dereham (adj Swan Road), arriving at 1346 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1416 Konectbus service 4 to Swanton Morley (Barracks on South Avenue) that arrives there at 1437 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Vexed]

There's not much else we can do so we board the 1540 Konectbus service 4 for the full route, arriving at Norwich Bus Station at 1705 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the three minute walk St Stephens Square, where we board the 1713 First Norfolk & Suffolk Pink Line service 11 to Norwich & Norfolk University Hospital (Forecourt), arriving there at 1730 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1745 First Norfolk & Suffolk Orange Line service 21 to Fiddlewood (the bus stop adjacent to Spindle Road on St Faiths Road) that arrives there at 1848 on Tuesday evenng.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Must admit this has caused a grey area. Whilst indeed Bus Times has picked up a stop called Spindle Road, it's not showing on Google Maps, and also Spindle Road is a cul-de-sac and not off St Faiths Road, as Bus Times suggests!

What we can do instead, despite still only being in the vicinity of the 21 route, is take the five minute walk to the bus stop opposite Bussey Road (which is actually off St Faith's Road), and board the 1933 First Norfolk & Suffolk Orange Line service 21 to Norwich (Rampant Horse Street), arriving there at 1953 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2004 First Norfolk & Suffolk Red Line service 24 to New Costessey (the bus stop adjacent to Lord Nelson Drive on Dereham Road) that arrives there at 2028 on Tuesday eening.

 

[Vexed]

That is a really confusing with 23, 23A and 24 and 24A all the Red Line but with slightly different routes.

Anyway, we cross the road and board the 2042 First Norfolk & Suffolk 23A Red Line service to Norwich (opp Aldi), arriving at 2055 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

It's a maze in real life too!

We next board the 2128 First Norfolk & Suffolk Red Line service 23 to Heartsease (Towers), arriving at 2202 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Vexed]

The next bus departs here at 2303, but we can go for a short walk to get another move in before stopping for the night.

We take a four minute walk over to Heartsease (opp Munnings Road) and board the 2212 First Norfolk & Suffolk 23 Red Line service to Norwich (opp Adelaide Street), arriving at 2239 on a Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2309 First Norfolk & Suffolk Red Line service 23A to Queens Hill (the bus stop adjacent to Kestral Avenue on Field Fare Way) that arrives there at 2337 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That appears to be it for the rest of the night, so we return in the morning for the 0615 First Norfolk & Suffolk Red Line service 24A to Thorpe St Andrew (Eastern Road), arriving there at 0715 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0740 First Norfolk & Suffolk Red Line service 24 to Longwater Retail Park (adj McDonalds) that arrives there at 0835 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Becoming increasingly fed up of the Red Line, we next take the eight minute walk to the Travel Inn and board the 0856 First Norfolk & Suffolk Excel service C to Peterborough (Queensgate Bus Station), arriving there at 1147 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1200 Delaine Buses service 101 to Morton (the bus stop opposite John's the Baptist Church on Station Road) that arrives there at 1247 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Pushing the rules here, but wishing to not return on the 101 we note that the next legal departure from here is the 1350 service 101. Therefore, we can await the 1542 Delaine Buses service 401, and alight at Haconby, Bus Shelter at 1545 on Wednesday.

I believe that Rippingdale may give us an escape from this area in a bit, but clearly that isn't my call ...

 

[Andy Pacer]

Happy to oblige!

Next we take the 1605 Delaine Bus service 401 to Rippingdale, St Andrew's Church arriving there at 1614 on Wednesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

En route to Rippingale we call LincsBus ConnectBus who come and pick us up to take us to Bourne. With an estimated departure time of 1630 and a journey time of 10 minutes (assuming no diversions to pick others up) we arrive in Bourne, Bus Station at around 1640 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Cautious of the surprisingly limited services that operate here, we next board the 1700 Delaine Buses service 101 to Brotherhood (Retail Park), arriving there at 1736 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1822 Delaine service to Stamford, School arriving at 1906 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Well its a but unfortunate we didn't make use of the frequent Stagecoach East service 1 from Brotherhood Retail Park in Cambridge, because by going back up north to Delaine territory, we are now stranded in Stamford for the night, as we're too far away to walk from the railway station and the last bus of the day from the bus station (which is in walking distance) left at the pathetic time of 17:40, however we can do the following:

We return in the morning for the 0631 Delaine service 201 to Stamford (Lambert Mews), which is within walking distance of the station, arriving there at 0648 on Thursday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We walk for 7 mins, 0.3 miles to the railway station and wait for the 0707 Cross Country service to Oakham arriving at 0720 on Thursday morning.

 

[Vexed]

We continue on the 0829 East Midlands Railway service to Kettering, arriving at 0857 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0926 East Midlands Railway service 1D18 to Nottingham, arriving there at 1011 on Thursday morning.