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Back to the trains we go, we walk the 1 minute to Stourbridge Town Station to catch ‘Jiminy Cricket’, the West Midlands Railway 2200 2P00 service to Stourbridge Junction arriving there at 2223 on Monday.
We take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and board the 0538 West Midlands Trains service to Dorridge that arrives at 0702 on Tuesday morning
We then take the 5 min walk to George Street and board the 1140 Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Gold S2 service to Carterton, Broadshires Health Centre arriving at 1229 on Tuesday.
We just have enough time to take the short four minute walk to Clarence Street where we board the 1420 Stagecoach West service 41 to Tewkesbury (Roses Theatre) that arrives there at 1451 on Tuesday afternoon.
Stopping overnight, we then enter the railway station and board the 0505 Great Western Railway service 1A75 to Reading, arriving there at 0932 on Wednesday morning.
Mindful of the seven minute minimum connection time at this station, we next board the 0945 Cross Country service to Durham that arrives there at 1430 on Wednesday afternoon.
We take the 5 minute walk over to the bus station and join the 14:45 Arriva North East service X12 to Sedgefield, Black Lion arriving there at 15:23 on Wednesday.
We enter the mainline station and board the 1815 TransPennine Express service 1P38 to Manchester Victoria, arriving there at 2038 on Wednesday evening.