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We take the 4 minute, 0.2 mile walk to the Bus Station and catch the 0745 Arriva Midlands service 8 to Sutton Farm, Tilstock Crescent arriving there at 0802 on Monday morning.
Not sure if the same bus forms the return working but we'll take a break anyway and board the 0902 Arriva Midlands service 8 to Abbey Foregate (Shirehall), arriving there at 0913 on Monday morning.
We take the 4 minute 0.2 mile walk to the Harp Inn and catch the 1150 Arriva Midlands service 114 to Beckbury, Church arriving at 1223 on Monday afternoon.
Seems to be a very infrequent service here so we wait for the 1636 Arriva Midlands service 114 to Telford (Bus Station), arriving there at 1704 on Monday afternoon.
We walk around the corner to the bus stop at the end of Teagues Crescent and board the 1745 Arriva Midlands service 7 to Oakengates (Bus Station), arriving there at 1750 on Monday afternoon.
Evening services are in short supply here and we are too far to walk to the Railway Station, so we stay overnight and catch the 0615 Arriva Midlands Service 5 to Newport, Bus Interchange arriving there at 0700 on Tuesday morning.
We now walk to Lichfield Trent Valley railway station, which is 3 minutes from that bus stop, and then board the 1921 West Midland Trains service to Crewe, arriving at 2003 on Tuesday evening.
The minimum connection time of ten minutes here does not permit the use of the 2010 service, so instead we board the 2118 Transport for Wales service 1V66 to Newport, arriving there at 0001 on Wednesday morning.
Newport station has trains to Cardiff until very late at night, so we make use of these and board the 0014 Transport for Wales service (2G75) to Cardiff Central, arriving at 0039 on Wednesday morning.
We take a rest for the night before returning in the morning to board the 05:33 Transport for Wales service to Barry, arriving for 05:53 on Wednesday morning.
We exit the station and cross the road to the bus stop outside the Barry Hotel, where we board the 0635 Cardiff Bus service 94 to Penarth (The Dingle), arriving there at 0714 on Wednesday morning.