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A 4 minute walk takes you to Gloucester Green bus station where at 1230 Megabus M37 will take us to Norwich (via Birmingham and Cambridge !) arriving at Norwich at 1745 on Monday evening.
 
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We next board the 1810 First Norfolk & Suffolk Excel service A to King's Lynn (Railway Station), arriving there at 2007 on Monday evening.
 

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Wander over the road to St Pancras International Low Level to pick up the 2321 Thameslink service to Luton Airport Parkway arriving at 2357 on Monday.
 

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Find a bench for some shuteye and then wake up in time for the 0500 Southern service to Portsmouth Harbour arriving at 0624 Tuesday morning.
 
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Oh, I was going to take us to the Isle of Wight.
We then exit the station and board the 0834 Stagecoach South 10 to Farnborough Green Sixth Form College (Stop C) Where we arrive at 0853 on Tuesday.
 

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Me too - I was looking forward to the IoW... never mind.

Walk from Farnborough Green 6th Form College to Farnborough North railway station which should take 16 mins (Google maps) where we board the 0934 GWR service to Reading arriving at 1003, Tuesday morning.
 

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I was also going to, but the ferry across to the IoW wasn't for quite some time!

We next board the 1151 South Western Railway service 1W21 to Parkstone, arriving there at 1233 on Tuesday afternoon.
 

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We just miss the 1312 to Lymington Pier, so we'll take the 1342 which arrives at 1353 on Tuesday.
 
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IT'S HAPPENING!!!
We then board the 1500 WightLink service to Yarmouth Pier where we arrive at 1540 on Tuesday.

Interestingly enough this was my first ever ferry journey.
 

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We exit the ferry to the adjacent bus stop, and there board the 1620 Southern Vectis Island Coaster service to Ryde (Esplanade), arriving there at 1855 on Tuesday evening.
 

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We exit the station and take the four minute walk to the Shops bus stop on Sandown Road, where we board the 2001 Southern Vectis service 3 to Wroxhall (Village Church), arriving there at 2035 on Tuesday evening.
 

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Likewise, we have chosen to allow walking between modes of transport in the same vicinity, in this case up to half a mile is permitted. Walking does not count as a move. Please do not abuse this, we have drawn a line at half a mile, which is quite a distance.
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Perhaps my Mathematics knowledge (Got a First in 1966) serves me false, as a recent posting earlier today noted a walk of 16 minutes duration and I wonder what distance that would equate to.
 
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OBSERVATION ... NOT A POSTING

Perhaps my Mathematics knowledge (Got a First in 1966) serves me false, as a recent posting earlier today noted a walk of 16 minutes duration and I wonder what distance that would equate to.
I looked up the walk, it appears to be 0.9 miles(0.4 over the 0.5 limit). I will let the poster know not to do it again. Thanks.
 

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We exit the station and take the four minute walk to the Shops bus stop on Sandown Road, where we board the 2001 Southern Vectis service 3 to Wroxhall (Village Church), arriving there at 2035 on Tuesday evening.
We next board the 2058 Southern Vectis service 3 to Brading (the bus stop adjacent to the Bull Ring on High Street) that arrives there at 2145 on Tuesday evening.
 

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We next board the 2058 Southern Vectis service 3 to Brading (the bus stop adjacent to the Bull Ring on High Street) that arrives there at 2145 on Tuesday evening.

Wait at Brading Bull Ring until 2201 when Southern Vectis service 3 will take you to Newport arriving at 2308 Tuesday evening.
 

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We next board the 2315 Southern Vectis service 1 to Cowes (Carvel Lane M&S), arriving there at 2332 on Tuesday evening.

Wander to the Red Jet terminal and wait until 0130 Wednesday morning to sail back to the mainland arriving at Southampton Town Quay at 0230 Wednesday morning.
 

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We take the short walk up to the Platform Tavern and let a few hours pass before boarding the 0457 Bluestar service 19 to Lordshill (Lords Hill Centre), arriving there at 0530 on Wednesday morning.
 
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We then walk to Lordshill,Andromeda Road (4 mins, 0.2 miles) where we await the 0709 Bluestar service 4 to Romsey Bus Station(Stand A) Where we arrive at 0735 on Wednesday.
 
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What service number did that bus carry?
Looks to be the 4.
We then walk to Lordshill,Andromeda Road (4 mins, 0.2 miles) where we await the 0709 Bluestar service to Romsey Bus Station(Stand A) Where we arrive at 0735 on Wednesday.
We next board the 0810 Stagecoach South service 66 to Royal Hampshire County Hospital, arriving there at 0844 on Wednesday morning.
 

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