The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

Crossing to bay 9 we depart on Stagecoach West service 55 at 2120. We alight at Royal Wootton Bassett (High St) at 2158 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not much choice here so late in the evening. Instead of backtracking, we continue on the 2258 Stagecoach West Gold service 55 to Swindon Outlet Village, arriving there at 2315 on Saturday evening.

 

[RDP]

With nothing starting particularly early on a Sunday we decide not to have an overnight break here and take the 00.15 Stagecoach West service 55 to Swindon Bus Station arriving at 00.22 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

There was still a journey in each direction on the 5, but not worry!

We return in the morning taking the eight minute/0.4 mile walk to Faringdon Road, where we board the 0715 Swindon Bus Company service 5 to Orbital Shopping Park, arriving there at 0732 on Sunday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart from stop C on Go South Coast, t/a Swindon's Bus Company, service 11 at 0847. We alight at Old Town, Prospect Place at 0913 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 10.12 Stagecoach West service 49 to Devizes, Market Place arriving at 11.02 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Crossing to The Pelican bus stop on the other side of the Market Place we depart at 1112 on Faresaver service 273. With no other bus routes to obviously change onto en route, we alight at Bath, Bus Station at 1123 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We head to the nearby Bath Spa station and take the 11.35 GWR service to Portsmouth Harbour alighting at Salisbury 12.32 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1131 First West of England service U1 to University of Bath (Arrivals Square), arriving there at 1150 on Sunday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next board the 1131 First West of England service U1 to University of Bath (Arrivals Square), arriving there at 1150 on Sunday morning.

Beaten to it i'm afraid.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Beaten to it i'm afraid.

For the love of Christ this happens far too often!

From Salisbury, leaving the station, we take the twelve minute/0.5 mile walk Blue Boar Row, where we board the 1340 morebus service X3 to Royal Bournemouth Hospital, arriving there at 1437 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.59 morebus service X1 to Lymington, Station Street arriving at 17.59 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From previous experience, I seem to recall Lymington having a surprisingly early finish on the buses on Sundays, so our only saving grace is the Lymington Line. We take the short walk to Lymington Town for the 1807 South Western Railway service 1J49 to Lymington Pier, arriving there at 1809 on Sunday evening.

 

[RDP]

Resisting the temptation to take the ferry to the Isle of Wight we take the 18.14 SWR service to Brockenhurst arriving at 18.24 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the railway station and at the adjacent bus stop, we next board the 1936 bluestar service 6 to Lower Buckland (Alexandra Road on Hollywood Lane) that arrives there at 1950 on Sunday evening.

 

[RDP]

That appears to be it for the night so we return for the 06.27 Bluestar service 6 to Southampton alighting at Totton Shopping Centre at 07.20 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We cross over to St Theresa's Church, where we board the 0744 Bluestar service 8 to Hythe (Pier), arriving there at 0826 on Monday morning.

 

[gomango]

Fancying a trip on a ferry we next board the 08:40 Hythe Ferry service to Southampton Town Quay Ferry Terminal, arriving there at 09:00 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.32 Bluestar service QC to Southampton Central Station arriving at 09.42 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the station and there board the 0955 South Western Railway service to Shawford that arrives there at 1019 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Very poor options available here, so all we can do is wait for the 1054 South Western Railway service 2B23 to Southampton Airport Parkway, arriving there at 1104 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 11.14 SWR service to Weymouth arriving at 13.02 on Monday.

 

[MaidaVale]

To avoid doubling-back and heading towards Southampton again, we take the 13.28 Great Western Railway service towards Gloucester, arriving at Keynsham for 1539 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1552 Great Western Railway service to Warminster that arrives there at 1643 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1703 Great Western Railway service 1F24 to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving there at 1753 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 18.56 GWR service to Penzance arriving at 23.40 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That's it for the rest of the night. In the morning we return for the 0503 Great Western Railway service 1A73 to Reading, arriving there at 0930 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

GWR's 1B09 at 1013 towards Carmarthen takes us to Pembrey & Burry Port where we alight at 1302 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 1346 First Cymru Cymru Clipper service X11 to Cwmbwrla (Roundabout), arriving there at 1508 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 16.13 First Cymru service X13 to Llandeilo Athletic Club arriving at 17.51 on Tuesday.