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ValleyLines142

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With the Valleys being somewhere we've frequented a lot, we instead decide to move elsewhere and board the 1824 Transport for Wales service 2B98 to Cardiff Bay, arriving there at 1854 on Saturday.
 

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Difficult to find any destination that we've not been to in the very recent past, so we have a quick look at the station building work before departing from the bus stop outside the station at 1900 on Cardiff Bus service City Circle 2, from which we alight at Cardiff, Canal St (stop JF) at 1909 on Saturday.
 

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We take the four minute walk to the new bus station and board the 1935 Cardiff Bus service 61 to Pentrebane (Pinehurst Road), arriving there at 2004 on Saturday.
 

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Well, this is a pickle...!
With all the other local routes either having stopped for the day or not running at weekends (I think!!!) we have no option but to return on the 61, but this journey, which terminates here, has gone in a different direction to those that return to town so we need to walk 6 mins / 0.2 miles to the Lavender Grove stop where we bard Cardiff Bus service 61 at 2034. We alight at Fairwater (Waungron Park station) at 2041 on Saturday.
 

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Connecting nicely with the 20.46 TfW service to Cardiff Central arriving at 20.55 on Saturday.
 

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Time for an overnight break returning for the 07.55 GWR service to Paddington arriving at 10.50 on Sunday.
 

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Exiting to Eastbourne Terrace we board National Express service A6 at 1100, alighting at Stansted Airport Coach Station, bay 7 at 1300 on Sunday.
 

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We make our way to the railway station for the 13.27 CrossCountry service to Birmingham New Street alighting at Leicester at 15.49 on Sunday.
 

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As we seem to be in the "land of difficult connections" from what a reading of recent postings implies, I will follow the "discretion is the better part of valour" advice and refrain from posting until a more secure area is in sight... :(
I mean Swansea is very urban with plenty of connections....

We make our way to the railway station for the 13.27 CrossCountry service to Birmingham New Street alighting at Leicester at 15.49 on Sunday.
We next board the 1611 East Midlands Railway service 1F24 to Sheffield, arriving there at 1727 on Sunday.
 

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We next take the 17.41 Northern service to Huddersfield arriving at 18.56 on Sunday.
 

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We next take the 20.44 Northern service to Wilmslow arriving at 21.13 on Sunday.
 

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Time for an overnight break returning for the 05.52 Northern service to Wigan North Western arriving at 06.32 on Monday.
 

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Leaving the station, we walk to the bus stop outside and there board the 0702 Arriva Merseyside service 385 to Pinfold (Marina on Southport Road) that arrives there at 0810 on Monday.
Not valid. You appear to have got this confused with the previous bus which starts from Hall Green.
 

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Time for some breakfast. We then go round the corner to the Gerard Centre (stop D) for the 08.24 Go North West service 559 to Bolton Interchange arriving at 09.33 on Monday.
 

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1057 arriving at 1112 is the working timetable, there is a temporary alteration to Merseyrail services at the moment (Ormskirk services currently going through to Hunts Cross instead of the Southports). But doesn't affect play so all 'swell.

We next board the 1127 Merseyrail service 2U23 to St Michaels, arriving there at 1204 on Monday.
 

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Wasn't it quiet yesterday...

We walk (9 min / 0.4 mile) to the Parkfield Rd stop on Aigburth Rd where we depart at 1226 on Arriva North West service 82A. We alight at Palace Fields (Halton Lea North) at 1408 on Monday.
 

ValleyLines142

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Indeed so!

We take the seven minute walk to Halton Lea South and next board the 1426 Arriva North West service 79C to Childwall (Childwall Valley Road/Childwall Priory Road), arriving there at 1545 on Monday.
 

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A 2 min walk to the Childwall Valley Rd stop on Queens Drive, and we depart on Arriva North West 81A at 1604. We alight at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (stop 2) at 1632 on Monday.
 

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We next take the 16.42 Arriva Merseyside service 89 to St. Helens Bus Station arriving at 18.07 on Monday.
 

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