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We get a coffee and a bacon sandwich while we wait for the 08:10 Stagecoach Lincolnshire service 53 to Clowne (Tesco) where we arrive at 08:55 on Saturday morning.
Buses are infrequent on a Saturday, so we board the 1028 Stagecoach Yorkshire service 74 to Crystal Peaks (Bus Station), arriving there at 1114 on Saturday morning.
We walk quickly the 150 yards to the tram stop and board the 11:20 Sheffield Supertram "Blue" service to Malin Bridge where we arrive at 12:11 on Saturday afternoon
We walk the 100 yards to the tram stop and board the 12:24 Sheffield Supertram "Purple" service to Sheffield (Cathedral) where we arrive at 12:44 on Saturday afternoon.
We take the 3 minute, 0.2 mile walk to stop CH1, and wait for the 1305 Stagecoach Yorkshire service 52 to Woodhouse Station, arriving at 1341 on Saturday afternoon.
We kip down for the night under a hedge and in the morning (to avoid waiting for a train until 08:30) walk our maximum half mile to Leeds Road/Bolus Road where we board the 06:17 Arriva Yorkshire service 110 to Leeds Bus Station where we arrive at 06:39 on Sunday morning.
We take the four minute walk to Fitzalan Square Ponds Forge tram stop, where we board the 0804 Supertram Yellow Line service to Langsett - Primrose View, arriving there at 0815 on Sunday morning.
We take the 9 minute, 0.4 mile walk to Meadowhall Interchange and wait for the 1010 National Express service 311 to Leeds (Dyer Street), arriving at 1050 on Sunday morning.
We take the 1 minute walk into the bus station to catch the 1110 First Halifax service 508 to Halifax, Bradford Road (Scholes Farm) arriving at 1221 on Sunday.
We enter the station and take the 1639 TransPennine Express service 9M12 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving at 1649 on Sunday afternoon. Hopefully platform 13 won’t be terrible on a Sunday.
We exit the station to the bus stop on London Road, where we board the 1705 Stagecoach Manchester service 204 to Denton (Crown Point), arriving there at 1732 on Sunday afternoon.
We take the two minute walk to stop D on Nelson Street and there board the 1748 Stagecoach Manchester service 201 to Hattersley (the bus stop opposite the Shopping Centre on Hattersley Road East) that arrives there at 1812 on Sunday evening.
On a Sunday there doesn't seem to be much bus choice here, so we board the 18:25 Stagecoach Manchester service 201 to Manchester City Centre (Portland Street) where we arrive at 19:07 on Sunday evening.
We head up to the light rail platforms and board the 2147 Nottingham Express Transit service to High Road - Central College, arriving there at 2210 on Sunday evening.
We exit the platforms and move to the bus stop where we barely make the 2215 Nottingham City Transport service 36 to Lenton Abbey (Derby Road/Charles Avenue), arriving at 2226 on Sunday evening.