The Transport Game

[dzug2]

We catch the 2022 Stagecoach X4 bus outside the station and get off in Wellingborough Church Street at 2220, Wednesday evening

and remember the days when it would have been a train going to Wellingborough London Road

 

[andrew bell]

A walk to the station sees us get there at the same time the 2253 EMT servive to Nottingham arriving 0012 Thursday morning

 

[dzug2]

We make our way to Broadmarsh bus station and catch the National Express 767 departure at 0315 and travel to Standon (Kents Lane) arriving at 0640 Thursday morning.

 

[andrew bell]

We wait a few minutes for the 0651 Arriva 331 to Hertford, Ware Road arriving 0714 Thursday morning

 

[dzug2]

We then get the 724 bus heading for Heathrow. Departs 0758 and we get off in Uxbridge Belmont Road at 1025 Thursday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Please remember to put the DAY in your posting....

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We stay on Belmont Road for only a matter of a few minutes before we board the 1042 Carousel Buses service A40 that arrives at Heathrow Central Bus Station at 1100 on Thursday morning.

 

[andrew bell]

After a long time of travelling on trains and buses we decide to wait at Heathrow for a while and do some plane spotting, before boarding the 1218 Heathrow Express service to London Paddington arriving 1233 Thursday lunchtime

 

[dzug2]

Please remember to put the DAY in your posting....

oops - done but a bit late sorry

We catch the 1321 FGW train to Moreton in Marsh, arriving 1454 on Thursday

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We spend some time having a light meal in the town, before returning to the railway station to board the 1553 FGW service to Worcester Shrub Hill that arrives at 1639 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We catch the 1706 FGW departure which takes us all the way to Bradford on Avon, arriving at 1923, Thursday evening

 

[andrew bell]

We have a walk around the corner to the Town Bridge bus stop and board the 1951 First 265 in Bristol, Bath & the West to Bath Bus Station Bay 5 arriving at 2020 Thursday evening

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Time to have a meal in one of Bath's good restaurants then we return to the bus station and board the 2215 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 265 to Westbury (Railway Inn on Station Road) that arrives there at 2322 on Thursday night.

 

[andrew bell]

We find a bed and breakfast and stay in Westbury the night, before awaking and heading to the train station to board the 0825 FGW service to Newton Abbot arriving 0952 Friday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Time for a hot drink before boarding the 1036 FGW service to Truro that arrives at 1233 on Friday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We catch the Travel Cornwall 403 bus at 1247 and travel to Perranporth, alighting at Tywarnhale Road at 1316, Friday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Perranporth still retains its traditional image of a family-orientated holiday resort with a wide flat beach and traditional shops, in which we find somewhere to have a snack and a hot drink, before returning to the bus stop where we board the 1417 Western Greyhound service 587 to Crantock (Winstowe Terrace) that arrives there at 1450 on Friday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We spend half an hour enjoying the delights of Crantock before catching the Western Greyhound 585 bus on at 1520 to Newquay (Station, Burger King) arriving at 1533 Friday afternoon

 

[andrew bell]

We spend an hour learning to surf before heading back to the train station and catching the 1722 FGW service to Par arriving 1813 Friday evening

 

[dzug2]

We catch the 1849 FGW train to Liskeard, arriving 1911 Friday evening

 

[andrew bell]

We feel while we're in Liskeard to venture down the Looe Valley branch line, leaving at 1918 arriving at the terminus of Looe at 1949 Friday evening

 

[dzug2]

As the only option that evening is to go straight back to Liskeard we opt for an early night in a B&B and get the Western Greyhound bus no 572 out next morning, Saturday,at 0925 and travel to Saltash Fore Street, arriving 1011

 

[andrew bell]

We walk to the train station and board the 1044 FGW service to Lostwithiel arriving 1120 Saturday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide to have a hearty Saturday mid-day meal and see what Lostwithiel is like, before returning to the railway station where we decide upon a southerly direction for the next leg of the journey, so we board the 1329 FGW service to Camborne that arrives there at 1421 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[andrew bell]

We walk across to the bus station and decide to get the 1455 Take Travel Cornwall 445 service to Helston, Wendron Street arriving 1534 Saturday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We call into Sainsburys to buy some bottled water and wait at the bus stop there for the 1557 First Devon & Cornwall service 2 to Penzance bus station that arrives there at 1658 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[andrew bell]

We get a quick bite to eat and leave Penzance station on the 1740 FGW service to Bristol Temple Meads arriving 2147 Saturday night

 

[dzug2]

We continue to Gloucester on the 2206 FGW departure, arriving at 2301, Saturday night

 

[andrew bell]

We find a hotel and stay a night in Gloucester before heading back to the station on Sunday morning, leaving at 1001 and arriving at Birmingham New Street at 1050

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide to take an early Sunday lunch to sustain us for a long journey, before boarding the 1220 Virgin Trains service to Edinburgh that arrives at 1622 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[VTPreston_Tez]

We board the 16:33 First ScotRail to Markinch arriving 17:18 the same Sunday.