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We take the ten minute (0.5 mile) walk to the King Street tram stop for the 12.29 Metrolink Pink Line service alighting at Rochdale Railway Station at 12.53 on Tuesday.
In a further attempt to escape from Greater Manchester we wait for the 17.18 Warrington's Own Buses service 5A to Warrington Bus Interchange arriving at 18.35 on Tuesday.
We exit the station and board the 1919 Arriva North West service 89 to Belle Vale (Belle Vale Road/Jones Farm Road), arriving there at 1928 on Tuesday.
We next board the 2038 Arriva Merseyside service 15 to Tuebrook (the bus stop adjacent to New Road on West Derby Road) that arrives there at 2100 on Tuesday.
Time for an overnight break during which we take the six minute (0.3 mile) walk to Bootle New Strand railway station for the 06.04 Merseyrail service 2S79 to Southport arriving at 06.39 on Wednesday.
We exit the station to the bus stop outside and board the 10:00 Arriva Yorkshire service 254 to Leeds City Bus Station, arriving there at 11:10 on Wednesday morning
We next board the 1406 Stagecoach North East service 62 to North Walbottle (North Walbottle Road/Northumberland Gardens), arriving there at 1439 on Wednesday.
We take the ten minute (0.5 mile) walk to the Hawthorn Terrace bus stop for the 14.58 Stagecoach C&NL service 685 to Carlisle Bus Station arriving at 17.15 on Wednesday.
We next board the 1740 Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire service 600 to Cockermouth (the bus stop near Main Street on the B5292) that arrives there at 1900 on Wednesday.
We next board the 1952 Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire service 30 to Cleator Moor (The Square/High Street) that arrives there at 2049 on Wednesday.
Another last trip of the day sees us take the next Stagecoach service 30 at 2352 along to Maryport, Trinity Baptist Church arriving there at 2359 on Wednesday.
After a well-earned overnight break, we next board the 0539 Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire service 30 to West Cumberland Hospital that arrives there at 0637 on Thursday.
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