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Having just spent the morning in the East Midlands, we seek an alternative region and instead board the 1454 East Midlands Railway service 1F42 to Sheffield, arriving there at 1542 on Thursday afternoon.
Leaving the station, we take the four minute walk to Lincoln Way, where we board the 2211 Arriva Yorkshire service 164 to Quarry Hill (Woodpecker Junction), arriving there at 2313 on Thursday evening.
We return in the morning to the bus stops outside the station, where we board the 0540 Stagecoach Manchester service 219 to Openshaw (Ashton Old Road/Greenside Street), arriving there at 0604 on Saturday morning.
Walking around the corner from teh Greenside St stop on Ashton Old Rd to the Ashton Old Rd stop on Greenside St (!) we await Bee Network (operated by Stagecoach Manchester) service 172 at 0705. We alight at West Didsbury, Withington Community Hospital (stop A) at 0755 on Saturday.
Not wishing to walk to other services, as there is another bus service on the very same road, we next board the 0920 Diamond Bus North West service 87 to Chorlton (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0954 on Saturday morning.
We walk (9 min / 0.4 mile) to the Formby Ave stop on Mauldeth Road West where we depart on Stagecoach Manchester service 25 at 1054. Staying on Mauldeth Rd (other than the part that doesn't exist arund Burnage Lane) we alight at the Green End Hotel stop on Mauldeth Rd opposite Crown Green Close at 1115 on Saturday.
Taking the short walk to the southbound Library stop on Hayeswater Rd, we depart at 1219 on Arriva North West service 247. We alight at Altrincham, Interchange at 1309 on Saturday.
Crossing over Knutsford Rd we await Warrington Borough Transport (t/a Warrington's Own Buses) service 1 at 1431, from which we alight at Bruche, Cemetery (the stop just before beresford St rather than the one by Marsh St) at 1446 on Saturday.
We next board the 1502 Stagecoach Manchester Salford Reds service 100 to Salford Royal Hospital (Eccles Old Road/Half Edge Lane), arriving there at 1614 on Saturday afternoon.
We next board the 1705 Go North West service V1 to Chorlton-upon-Medlock (Oxford Road/University Shopping Centre), arriving there at 1805 on Saturday afternoon.
We next board the 1818 Stagecoach Manchester service 43 to Woodhouse Park (the bus stop opposite Oatlands Road on Portway) that arrives there at 1905 on Saturday evening.
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