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Taking 6 minutes to walk the 0.3 miles, we arrive at Salford Central station. There we board 2L70, Northern's 0640 service, from which we alight at Daisy Hill at 0709 on Wednesday.
 
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We next board the 0715 Stagecoach Manchester/Wigan service 7 to Bolton (College Way), arriving there at 0754 on Wednesday morning.
 

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We walk the 6 minutes / 0.3 miles to the Vickers St stop on Derby St, where we await the 0816 service 559. We alight at Bamfurlong, Post Office at 0901 on Wednesday.
 

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We then get the 09:19 Arriva in the North West service 320 to St Helens Central Station (Stop A), arriving at 09:54 Wednesday morning.
 

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We next board the 1035 Warrington's Own Buses service 22 to Warrington (Interchange), arriving there at 1115 on Wednesday morning.
 

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We walk over the road to Warrington Central station and wait for the 1135 Northern service to Irlam arriving there at 1145 on Wednesday morning.
 

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We walk the 1 minute to Irlam Station stop A, and await the 1200 Go NorthWest Salford's Reds service 67, from which we alight at Eccles Interchange, stop A at 1230 on Wednesday.
 

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We then get the 1239 Metrolink service Blue to MediaCityUK, arriving at 1250 Wednesday afternoon.
 

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We walk the 1 minute to the similarly named bus stop, and there board Stagecoach Manchester service 50 at 1304, alighting at Birchfields Bus Depot, sorry, I mean Birchfields, Fallowfield Shopping Centre, stop B at 1353 on Wednesday.
 

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We next board the 1427 Stagecoach Manchester service 150 to Trafford Centre (Metrolink), arriving there at 1515 on Wednesday afternoon.
 

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We leave at 1526 on Stagecoach Manchester service 250, alighting on Oxford St at Great Bridgewater St at 1602 on Wednesday.

At this rate, there needs to be a service 350 next 8-)
 

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Wrong side of Manchester, the 350 runs between Ashton and Oldham :lol:

Plodding along, we are virtually next to Oxford Road station at this point, so we enter and board the 1634 Northern service 2N60 to Kirkham & Wesham, arriving there at 1747 on Wednesday evening.
 

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We wait for the 1841 Northern service to my Grandparent's former local station, Ansdell & Fairhaven arriving there at 1855 on Wednesday.
 

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We walk 5 minutes to the Fairhaven Hotel stop, where we immediately board the 1912 Blackpool Transport service 17, alighting at Blackpool, Market St at 1955 on Wednesday.
 

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We walk around the corner to Corporation Street, where we board the 2017 Blackpool Transport service 5 to Victoria Hospital, Hospital Entrance, arriving there at 2032 on Wednesday evening.
 

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We next board the 2130 Blackpool Transport service 2 to Layton (Collingwood Avenue), arriving there at 2149 on Wednesday evening.
 

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Feeling that it is time to exit the Fylde, we walk the 4 minutes (0.2 mile) to Devonshire Square where we board the 2158 Stagecoach Merseyside service 61. We alight at Ashton-on-Ribble, Lane Ends at 2248 on Wednesday.
 

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All I think we can do here is board the 2305 Preston Bus service 35 to Preston (Bus Station), via Tanterton, arriving there at 2330 on Wednesday evening.
 

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We get a few hours sleep and then board National Express service 181, departing from Stand A at 0225. We alight at Hamilton (Bus Station, stance 14) at 0620 on Thursday morning.
 

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Where we then walk to Argyle Street (0.2 Miles), and catch the "2C14 0730 Dalmuir to Cumbernauld" departing at 08:00 and alighting at Motherwell P4 at 08:35 on Thursday Morning.
 
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Next walk to Kings Cross Station(11 mins|0.5 miles) and Board the 1342 Great Northern Service to Watlington arriving at 1522 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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There doesn't seem to any buses in the other area than a once a day in each direction variant of the Lynx 37, so we stick with the rails as we board the 1551 Great Northern service 1T45 to Cambridge North, arriving there at 1630 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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Where we then catch the 1K83 1527 Norwich to Stansted Airport service departing at 16:39, and getting off at Stansted Airport arriving at 17:24 on Platform 1 on Thursday Afternoon.
 

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We head to the coach station and board the 1805 First Essex Airlink service X30 to Southend-on-Sea (Victoria Station Interchange), arriving there at 1945 on Thursday evening.
 
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Next, Walk (9 mins|0.5 miles) to Southend Central where we board the 2012 C2C service to Chafford Hundred Where we arrive at 2051, Thursday Evening.
 

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