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Andy Pacer
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We take the 0952 Greater Anglia service to Bishops Stortford arriving at 1027 on Tuesday morning
-Colly405-
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Loving how we've basically done Bishops Stortford to Bishops Stortford via Brighton!!!
Let's now board 2H18, Greater Anglia's 1038 service, which (as seems to be my current way with rail posts!!) we will take to its destination of Cambridge North, where we arrive at 1118 on Tuesday.
Let's now board 2H18, Greater Anglia's 1038 service, which (as seems to be my current way with rail posts!!) we will take to its destination of Cambridge North, where we arrive at 1118 on Tuesday.
Wander outside the station to The Busway Stop 1, where at 1140 we'll board Stagecoach East service B which we'll take to Huntingdon Bus Station arriving at 1248 Tuesday afternoon.
(I did look to see if we could get back to Bedford for comedy value, but the 905 doesn't run via Cambridge North.....)
(I did look to see if we could get back to Bedford for comedy value, but the 905 doesn't run via Cambridge North.....)
-Colly405-
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From bay 7 we depart at 1320 on Go Whippet service 66. We alight at St Neots, Market Square at 1411 on Tuesday.
Gah - the connection time of 4 mins for the next 905 is 1 minute too short for quiz rules.......
However, the rest of the choices are back to Cambridge or Huntingdon (and the station's over a mile away, so that's out as well), so we'll wander around St Neots and find a nice coffee shop to while away an hour before picking up the 1515 Stagecoach 905 to Bedford Bus Station arriving there at 1555 Tuesday afternoon.
However, the rest of the choices are back to Cambridge or Huntingdon (and the station's over a mile away, so that's out as well), so we'll wander around St Neots and find a nice coffee shop to while away an hour before picking up the 1515 Stagecoach 905 to Bedford Bus Station arriving there at 1555 Tuesday afternoon.
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-Colly405-
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You got there!!!
We are 0.4 miles (8 minutes) from the railway station, so we walk there and board 1Y39, East Midlands Railway's 1627 service to Corby. We alight at Kettering at 1646 on Tuesday.
We are 0.4 miles (8 minutes) from the railway station, so we walk there and board 1Y39, East Midlands Railway's 1627 service to Corby. We alight at Kettering at 1646 on Tuesday.
Indeed !
Now - Kettering I know quite well - and there are very few buses from the vicinity of the railway station and the bus station is more than 0.5 miles away. Fortunately the Horsemarket stops are 0.5 miles / 10 minute walk away, so we'll start by heading there. Once there we'll pick up the 1717 Stagecoach X4 heading to Northampton, but we'll alight at Earls Barton o/s The Old Swan at 1808 Tuesday evening.
Now - Kettering I know quite well - and there are very few buses from the vicinity of the railway station and the bus station is more than 0.5 miles away. Fortunately the Horsemarket stops are 0.5 miles / 10 minute walk away, so we'll start by heading there. Once there we'll pick up the 1717 Stagecoach X4 heading to Northampton, but we'll alight at Earls Barton o/s The Old Swan at 1808 Tuesday evening.
-Colly405-
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Crossing the road, we depart at 1821 on Stagecoach Midlands service X47, alighting at Rushden Lakes at 1858 on Tuesday.
Hmm... decisions, decisions - Rushden Lakes offers the options of returning to Bedford, returning to Kettering, or going back the way we've just come.
We'll wait for the next X47 back towards Northampton which leaves Rushden Lakes at 1930, but we'll alight at Great Billing adj Penfold Lane / Great Billing Turn at 2016 Tuesday evening.
Clue: there are some other stops within 0.5 miles of this stop with other routes......
We'll wait for the next X47 back towards Northampton which leaves Rushden Lakes at 1930, but we'll alight at Great Billing adj Penfold Lane / Great Billing Turn at 2016 Tuesday evening.
Clue: there are some other stops within 0.5 miles of this stop with other routes......
-Colly405-
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We decide to take in some silly names, so walk (9 mins / 0.4 mile) to the Pig and Whistle Public House, where at 2041 we board Stagecoach Midlands service 2. We alight at Boothville, Lumbertubs Public House at 2051 on Tuesday.
Andy Pacer
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Which locality is this public house?
-Colly405-
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I reckon it is Kingsley Park, judging by the 7 timetable...
Northampton isn't a place I know at all - think I went through once on the train...
There are numerous routes around here, but it seems that the only one still going at this time of the evening is the aforementioned 7. So, not really wanting to head out to the suburbs and risk getting stranded overnight, we await the next Stagecoach Midlands 7 at 2204, which we take to Northampton Bus Interchange (Bay 6), arriving at 2210 on Tuesday.
Northampton isn't a place I know at all - think I went through once on the train...
There are numerous routes around here, but it seems that the only one still going at this time of the evening is the aforementioned 7. So, not really wanting to head out to the suburbs and risk getting stranded overnight, we await the next Stagecoach Midlands 7 at 2204, which we take to Northampton Bus Interchange (Bay 6), arriving at 2210 on Tuesday.
Most of the options at this time of night are town services, fine if you want to see the delights of Rectory Farm, Ecton Brook, Thorplands or various other bits of Northampton, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it..... On which basis let's take the 2320 National Express 707 to Birmingham Digbeth Coach station arriving there at 0110 Wednesday morning.
ValleyLines142
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Can I make a notable exception here based on the time of the day?
We exit the coach station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 0114* National Express West Midlands Platinum Electric service 6 to Shirley Heath (Solihull Gate), arriving there at 0142 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
* I appreciate this is only four minutes cconnection (one short of the minimum connection on here), however it is the last service of the day and also at that time of the hour we're unlikely to miss it!
We exit the coach station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 0114* National Express West Midlands Platinum Electric service 6 to Shirley Heath (Solihull Gate), arriving there at 0142 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
* I appreciate this is only four minutes cconnection (one short of the minimum connection on here), however it is the last service of the day and also at that time of the hour we're unlikely to miss it!
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Not to set a precedent but sure, why not? The coach is more likely to be early than late at this time of day with no traffic on the road.
Xenophon PCDGS
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In the hope that the overnight travel relaxation rule has also not been the subject of query, we next board the 0520 National Express West Midlands service 76 to Northfield (the bus stop before Bristol Road on Lockwood Road) that arrives there at 0624 on Wednesday morning.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We enter the station and next board the 0736 West Midlands Trains service to Redditch that arrives there at 0753 on Wednesday morning.
ValleyLines142
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We next board the 0931 Diamond Bus service 52 to Bromsgrove (Bus Station), arriving there at 0957 on Wednesday morning.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 1025 Diamond Bus service 202 to Halesowen (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1120 on Wednesday morning.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 1315 Yarranton Brothers service 291 to Tenbury Wells (the bus stop opposite the Regal on Terne Street) thar arrives there at 1424 on Wednesday afternoon.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 1535 Diamond Bus service 296 to Worcester (Crowngate Bus Station) that arrives there at 1630 on Wednesday afternoon.
ValleyLines142
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We take the five minute walk to Foregate Street station and board the 1645 West Midlands Railway service 2D95 to Langley Green, arriving there at 1733 on Wednesday afternoon.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
I go to the trouble of getting us to a bus station in a sizeable town....then instead of seeing what buses run from there....it's off to the railway station....
We next board the 1803 West Midlands Trains service to Dorridge that arrives there at 1847 on Wednesday evening.
We next board the 1803 West Midlands Trains service to Dorridge that arrives there at 1847 on Wednesday evening.
ValleyLines142
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In my defence, we had done quite a few bus journeys so just wanted to break it up a bit!
We exit Dorridge station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 1858 Land Flight service A7 to Blossomfield (Charles Road), arriving there at 1904 on Wednesday evening.
We exit Dorridge station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 1858 Land Flight service A7 to Blossomfield (Charles Road), arriving there at 1904 on Wednesday evening.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 1910 National Express West Midlands service 76 to Solihull (Station Interchange on Station Approach) that arrives there at 1920 on Wednesday evening.