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Having decided it was too long a wait at Dufftown for the bus to Aviemore and opting for a quick trip to Longmorn Distillery instead we return north on the 14.09 Stagecoach Bluebird service 36 arriving at Elgin Bus Station at 14.20 on Thursday.
 
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Not much choice here so we return on the 1610 Stagecoach Bluebird service 33C to Elgin (Reiket Lane), arriving there at 1706 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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We next take the 17.33 Stagecoach Bluebird service 10 to Inverness alighting at Nairn Bus Station at 18.35 on Thursday.
 

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Taking advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule, we next board the 0510 Stagecoach Bluebird service 291 to Tarves (The Square/Duthie Road) that arrives there at 0603 on Friday morning.

(This is a good town to use to visit the Tolquhon Galleries with high quality paintings for sale and also as a base to visit Tolquhon Castle, which is now under the care of Historic Scotland)
 
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We next take the 06.47 Watermill Coaches service 41 to Insch alighting at Inverurie Town Hall at 07.18 on Friday.
 

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Seeking to head south, we next take the eleven minute/0.5 mile walk to the railway station and board the 0803 ScotRail service 2B18 to Laurencekirk, arriving there at 0905 on Friday morning.
 

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We leave the station and take the short walk to Farquhar Street where we take the 10.00 Stagecoach East Scotland service 9 alighting at Montrose, Co-op at 10.26 on Friday.
 

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We take the two minute walk to the station and board the 1152 ScotRail service 1B78 to Edinburgh, arriving there at 1320 on Friday afternoon.
 

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We leave the station and take the 16.02 Prentice Coaches service 108 to Haddington, Market Street arriving at 16.45 on Friday.
 

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We next board the 1652 East Coast Buses service X7 to Abbeyhill (Abbeyhill) (stop is named after the generic area), arriving there at 1728 on Friday afternoon.
 

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We next take the 17.36 East Coast Buses service X5 to North Berwick, Tesco arriving at 18.46 on Friday
 

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We next board the 1945 East Coast Buses service 124 to Fountainbridge (Bread Street), arriving there at 2118 on Friday evening.
 

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We next take the 21.31 Lothian Buses service 47 alighting at Penicuik Town Centre ay 22.17 on Friday.
 

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We next board the 2247 Lothian Buses service 37 to Silverknowes (Silverknowes Parkway), arriving there at 0000 on Saturday morning.
 

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I think it's time to bid a farewell to Scotland, as we have made 77 moves here, and we don't want it to become the new Kent, so we stop off for the night and take the four minute walk to Waverley station for the 0536 Lumo service 1E80 to London Kings Cross, enjoying the non-stop run from Newcastle and arriving into the capital at 1000 on Saturday morning.
 

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We walk next door to St. Pancras and take the 10.20 Southeastern service to Ramsgate alighting at Herne Bay at 11.44 on Saturday.
 

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We next take the 15.24 GTR (Southern) service to Eastbourne arriving at 16.51 on Saturday.
 

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Side note: the minimum connection time at London Victoria is fifteen minutes, with the exception of SE to SE which is ten minutes, and SE to SN and vice versa which is also ten minutes!!

Regardless, as we are just within the exact time anyway, we next board the 1505 Southern service 1C40 to Portsmouth & Southsea, arriving there at 1701 on Saturday afternoon.
 
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