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Hamma52

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We then walk over to the park and ride, getting the 0720 Stagecoach C bus service towards Marford, disembarking in the bustling centre of Exeter at High Street at 0731.
 
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As there isn't much to do in a housing estate in Exwick, we begrudgingly have no choice but to walk 25 minutes to Exeter St David's.

We board the 0927 Cross Country 1S43 towards Edinburgh Waverley, alighting at Darlington at 1500 on Wednesday.
 

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As there isn't much to do in a housing estate in Exwick, we begrudgingly have no choice but to walk 25 minutes to Exeter St David's.

We board the 0927 Cross Country 1S43 towards Edinburgh Waverley, alighting at Darlington at 1500 on Wednesday.
Invalid move I'm afraid, you can only walk up to half a mile.
 

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Invalid move I'm afraid, you can only walk up to half a mile.
Hmm.

In which case, unless I'm missing something, I can't see an option for progression? The only transport within half a mile are buses of which:

The E service has just been use = invalid
The 985 service next runs at 3pm = more than two hours = invalid

Everywhere else is too far a walk.
What do you suggest? Like I say, I am probably missing something?
 

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Hmm.

In which case, unless I'm missing something, I can't see an option for progression? The only transport within half a mile are buses of which:

The E service has just been use = invalid
The 985 service next runs at 3pm = more than two hours = invalid

Everywhere else is too far a walk.
What do you suggest? Like I say, I am probably missing something?
The E runs every 12 minutes.
 

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It is valid to use the same route for consecutive journeys but not the same service.
Ahh okay, my apologies, I must've misunderstood.

In which case:
We next board the 0818 Stagecoach South West service E to Exeter (Fore Street) that arrives there at 0848 on Wednesday.

We then board the 0854 Stagecoach C service towards Matford, disembarking at Grace Road at 0904 on Wednesday.
 

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We are directly opposite Marsh Barton station. We enter and board the 0939 Great Western Railway service 2T11 to Torquay, arriving there at 1026 on Wednesday.
 

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We leave the station and from the nearby Grand Hotel bus stop take the 10.56 Stagecoach South West service 22 alighting at Paignton Zoo at 11.23 on Wednesday.
 

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There are plenty of other buses here, but for no other reason than to walk past the house I grew up in, we walk (13 mins / 0.5 mile - just in the rules 8-) ) through Trefusis Park to the Byland Rd stop on Blandford Rd where we await Stagecoach South West service 27 at 1518. We alight at Derriford (Marjon) at 1559 on Wednesday.

Pondering that up until April this stop had been served by Plymouth Citybus / PCT since buses began (and Plympton Coachlines for a short while...) but is now the preserve of Stagecoach. :(
 

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We take the seven minute walk to Derriford Hospital and board the 1618 Plymouth Citybus service 50 to Marsh Mills (Parkway Retail Park), arriving there at 1644 on Wednesday.
 

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We walk (10 min / 0.5 mile) to the eastbound McDonalds stop on Plymouth Rd where we await Stagecoach South West service 59 at 1738. Having seen th chna clay delights of south-western Dartmoor, we alight at Roborough Bypass at 1840 on Wednesday.
 

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We take the eleven minute/0.5 mile walk to Woolwell Road Roundabout and board the 1902 Plymouth Citybus service 42C to Woolwell (Pick Pie Drive/Church Park Road), arriving there at 1907 on Wednesday.
 

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Being more than 0.5 mile from the main Tavistock Road we must stay with the aforementioned Plymouth Citybus 42C, on which we depart at 1909 (terminus, same bus out and back). We alight on Mutley Plain at 1940 on Wednesday.
 

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A 5 minute walk around part of the clover-leaf that everybody insists isn't a clover-leaf, and we depart from Crownhill High Level (eastbound) at 2101 on Plymouth Citybus service 28. We alight at Mannamead (Emmanuel Church) at 2114 on Wednesday.
 

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That was most confusing with Rogers Garage, as there's also a Rogers Garage in between Elburton and Brixton on the 3 route!

From the Thorn Park stop, we next board the 2157 Stagecoach South West service 1 to Tavistock (Bus Station), arriving there at 2242 on Wednesday.
 

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... and there used to be more of them ...

With nothing else this evening, we return in the mornign for Stagecoach South West service 118 at 0530. We alight at Okehampton, West St at 0611 on Thursday.
 

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I found an earlier service to save us waiting!

We take the two minute walk to Fore Street and board the 0735 Stagecoach South West service 6A to St Thomas (First & Last Apartments), arriving there at 0833 on Thursday.
 

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Pipped on exactly the same move!!

At 0945 we depart on the once-daily Country Bus 171, alighting at Princetown (Dartmoor Visitor Centre) at 1020 on Thursday.
 

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