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Not much in way of buses here either so we stay on the station and board the 19:34 Southern service 2C56 to Seaford where we arrive at 19:52 on Sunday evening.
Moving away from the Brighton area, we next take the three minute walk to the bus stop at the end of Second Avenue and board the 2242 Stagecoach South Coastliner service 700 to Shoreham-by-Sea (High Street), arriving there at 2300 on Sunday evening.
We find a cosy B&B for the night and early in the morning walk the 600 yards to the railway station. There we board the 05:29 Southern service to Southampton Central where we arrive at 07:00 on Monday morning.
We exit the station to the bus stops on Wyndham Place, where we board the 0714 First Southampton Citi Red service 2 to Millbrook (Borrowdale Road), arriving there at 0728 on Monday morning.
We walk 600 yards to Maybush (Maybush Corner) and there wait for the 07:51 Bluestar service 4 to Romsey (Bus Station) where we arrive at 08:25 on Monday morning.
We are just in time to catch the 09:30 Stagecoach South service 67 to Petersfield (Railway Station) where we arrive at 10:46 on Monday morning (having passed very close to my house on the way!
We exit the station to the bus stop outside and board the 1655 Stagecoach South West service D to Digby (Russell Way), arriving there at 1734 on Monday afternoon.
We take the 8 minute 0.4 mile walk to Digby & Sowton Railway Station and catch the 1755 Great Western Railway service to Lympstone Commando arriving at 1810 on Monday.
Not entirely sure whether this station still is exclusively for access to and from the military base so we remain on the station for the 1829 Great Western Railway service 2T30 to Torquay, arriving there at 1952 on Monday evening.
We exit the station and take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to Colmore Row, where we board the 0020 National Express West Midlands Platinum service 9 to Halesowen(Bus Station), arriving there at 0052 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
From the bus stop outside the station we then board the 0733 The Green Bus service 511 to Stratford-upon-Avon (Railway Station), arriving there at 0822 on Thursday morning.
We exit the station to the bus stops outside and then board the 1008 Johnsons Excelbus service X20 to Shirley (St James' Church), arriving there at 1042 on Thursday morning.
We take the short walk to the Sutherland Ave stop, where we board the 1056 Diamond Bus service 69 to King's Heath (High Street), arriving at 1121 on Thursday morning.
We next board the 1128 National Express West Midlands Outer Circle service 11C to Bearwood (Lordswood Road/Hagley Road West), arriving there at 1202 on Thursday afternoon.
We take the 3 minute walk to the stop before Providence Street, where we board the 1257 Diamond Bus service 298 to Pedmore (Dingle Road), arriving at 1310 on Thursday afternoon.
We take the seven minute walk to the bus stop on the corner of Ham Lane/Foley Road, where we board the 1325 National Express West Midlands service 7 to Merry Hill (Bus Station), arriving there at 1353 on Thursday afternoon.
We trot 100 yards round the corner to Two Woods Lane and there board the 15:07 Diamond Bus service 002 to Wooley Castle (Beckbury Road) where we arrive at 15:52 on Thursday afternoon.