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We take the six minute walk along Harley Shute Road to the Conqueror Road bus stop and take the 16.47 Stagecoach South East service 23 to St. Helens, Conquest Hospital arriving at 17.44 on Monday.
We exit the station and board the 2348 Stagecoach service 96 to Welling (Welling High Street/Upper Wickham Lane), arriving there at 0008 on Tuesday morning.
Even though we are in London and could travel through the night we decide to have a nap and set our alarm in time to catch the 0523 Jubilee Line service towards Stanmore. We alight at Baker St at 0542 on Tuesday.
We leave the station and at the adjacent bus stop, we next board the 0816 London Central service 343 to New Cross Gate (Ommaney Road) that arrives there at 0923 on Tuesday morning.
We take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to New Cross Gate station and board the 0945 London Overground service 9C16 to West Croydon, arriving there at 1009 on Tuesday morning.
We exit the station, onto Holloway Road, and board the 1119 Metroline service 43 to Friern Barnet (Colney Hatch Lane/North Circular Road), arriving there at 1200 on Tuesday afternoon.
We walk around the corner to Barnet Church, where we board the 1243 Metroline service 107 to Edgware (Edgwarebury Gardens), arriving there at 1335 on Tuesday afternoon.
Seeking the opportunity to head northwards for the first time in over 200 moves, we next board the 1700 CrossCountry service 1N63 to Birmingham New Street, arriving there at 1938 on Tuesday evening.
Mindful of the 12-minute minimum connection time there, we next board the 1956 Avanti West Coast service to Shrewsbury that arrives there at 2056 on Tuesday evening.
We leave the station and from the nearby bus station we take the 08.29 Select Bus Services service 101 to Madeley, Centre arriving at 09.06 on Wednesday