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We spend the night in Haymarket before we board the 08:04 Scotrail service 1R21 to Glasgow Queen Street, we alight at Polmont at 08:29 on Sunday morning.
Its a 5 min / 0.2 mile walk to Grahamston station, from where we depart on Scotrail's 2P71 towards Edinburgh at 1107. We alight at Haymarket at 1138 on Sunday.
Deciding we have had enough in Scotland we next board the 12:17 TPE service 1M87 to Manchester Airport, alighting at Oxenholme Lake District at 14:11 on Sunday afternoon.
We exit to the Heald Green Hotel stops outside the station where we depart at 1819 on Stagecoach Manchester service 368, alighting at Cheadle Hulme (Cheadle Rd) at 1826 on Sunday.
Exiting the station we board First Potteries service 25, deprating from the station bus stop at 1958. We alight at Hanley Bus Station at 2005 on Sunday.
That's it for the rest of the night. In the morning we return for the 0624 Arriva Cymru service 10 to Shotton (Chester Road West), arriving there at 0642 on Monday morning.
We take the 4 minute walk to Shotton station where we await 2J48, Transport for Wales' 0746 service. We alight at its destination of Wrexham Central at 0825 on Monday.
We take the nine minute/0.4 mile walk to Wrexham General, where we board the 0945 Transport for Wales service 1I10 to Wolverhampton, arriving there at 1111 on Monday morning.
Leaving the station, we take the five minute walk to Terrace Road, where we are just in time for the 1400 High Peak service 61 to Glossop (Henry Street), arriving there at 1458 on Monday afternoon.
We take the eight minute walk to Oldham King Street tram stop, where we board the 1752 Metrolink service to West Didsbury, arriving there at 1841 on Monday evening.
We take the three minute walk to the Central Road bus stop and take the 18.54 Stagecoach Manchester service 43 to Manchester Airport arriving at 19.28 on Monday.
Leaving the station, we take the five minute walk to the bus stop on the corner of Miller Lane and Southfield Road, where we board the 0630 First South Yorkshire service 87 to Wheatley Hills (Thorne Road/Sandall Park Drive), arriving there at 0702 on Tuesday morning.
We next board the 0732 First South Yorkshire Mainline service X78 to Brightside (Brightside Lane/East Coast Road), arriving there at 0902 on Tuesday morning.