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Regretaby, the castle has closed for the day, so not much we can do here except board the 1711 Stagecoach Bluebird service 201 to Braeside (Deeside Drive), arriving there at 1743 on Wednesday afternoon.
We next board the 1849 First Aberdeen service 17 to Kincorth (the bus stop opposite Slessor Drive on Gardner Drive) that arrives there at 1908 on Wednesday evening.
We next board the 2050 First Aberdeen service 172 to Woodside (the bus stop at Mugiemoss Road on Great Northern Road) that arrives there at 2122 on Wednesday evening.
Frustratingly, we've just missed the Sleeper by ten minutes, so moving away from the Aberdeenshire region we next board the 2220 Megabus/Scottish Citylink service M9 to Cumbernauld (Town Centre Stances), arriving there at 0130 on Thursday morning.
We next board the 0645 McColls Travel service 84 to Twechar (the bus stop after Main Street on Alexander Avenue) that arrives at 0707 on Thursday morning.
We cross the road and board the 11:57 McGill’s Scotland East service X38 to Falkirk Asda, alighting at Polmont, after Gilston Crescent at 12:08 on Thursday afternoon.
With no buses available from here at this time of night we are faced with a long wait to either return to Carlisle or to take the last train the 23.30 ScotRail service to Dumfries arriving at 23.50 on Thursday.
We leave the station and from the nearby Well Road bus stop we take the 08.18 Stagecoach West Scotland service 43 to Ayr Bus Station arriving at 09.23 on Friday.
Time for breakfast, then the shortish walk to Ayr railway station for the Scotrail 1048 rail replacement bus service to Girvan, arriving 1139 (Friday).