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Bit of an awkward place here as there isn't much in the way of onward connections and also the railway station is too far, so we retrace our steps on the 1723 Arriva Kent & Surrey service 176 to Gillingham (James Street Top), arriving there at 1731 on Saturday afternoon.
We walk (3 mins) to King St stop A where we await Arriva Kent & Surrey service 101. Due to the '5 minute rule', we let the 1735 journey pass so board the 1757 journey, alighting at Maidstone (St Faiths Street, stop Q) at 1837 on Saurday.
We take the seven minute/0.3 mile walk to The Cannon, where we board the 1912 Arriva Kent & Surrey service 7 to Tunbridge Wells (Royal Victoria Place), arriving there at 2013 on Saturday evening.
We next board the 2225 Stagecoach South East service 20 to Ore (the bus stop adjacent to Crowborough Road on Brightling Avenue) that arrives there at 2255 on Saturday evening.
Predictable move going from Tunbridge Wells to East Sussex
Unfortunately, that was the last bus for the day and we are once again too far from the railway station for any other connections. The last departure on the 101 was also twenty five minutes prior. Despite it being before 2300, we have no choice but to automatically apply the overnight relaxation rule, as we return in the morning for the 0947 Stagecoach South East service 20 to Hastings (Railway Station), arriving there at 1009 on Sunday morning.
We next board the 1256 Arriva Kent and Surrey service 12 to Shepway (the bus stop outside Morrisons on Sutton Road) that arrives there at 1341 on Sunday afternoon.
We exit the station and board the 1842 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport Eclipse service E2 to Gosport (Bus Station), arriving there at 1908 on Sunday evening.
We take the short walk to the ferry terminal and take the 19.15 Gosport-Portsmouth Ferry service to Portsmouth Harbour Station Pier arriving at 19.22 on Sunday.
We enter The Hard Interchange opposite, and board the 1935 Stagecoach South service 21 to Anchorage Park (Morrisons), arriving there at 2000 on Sunday evening.
We go round the corner into Grosvenor Place (stop 12) and take the 06.45 Arriva Beds & Bucks service 757 to Luton Station Interchange arriving at 08.11 on Monday.
We exit the station and board the 1004 Stagecoach London service 96 to Plumstead (Plumstead Corner/Rockmount Road), arriving there at 1046 on Monday morning.
Avoiding the ever predictable Southeastern services towards deepest Kent/Thanet, we transfer into the DLR station and board the 1241 DLR service to King George V, arriving there at 1300 on Monday afternoon.
We take the ten minute walk to the Woolwich Ferry North Pier and take the 13.20 Woolwich Free Ferry to Woolwich Ferry South Pier arriving at 13.25 on Monday.
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