MONDAY:
0621 5A Home - Darlington (ANE 7538)
0717 TP Leeds
NT Manchester Victoria
Walk to Piccadilly
NT Chester
1314 1 Wrexham Bus Station (Arriva Wales ADL E400City 1004)
1450 26 Mold Bus Station (Arriva Wales Solo SR 705)
1600 1 Ruthin (M&M Coaches StreetLite WF SK18TKE)
1633 X51 Denbigh (Lloyds Coaches Solo SR YH14BCO)
1704 51B Glan Clwyd Hospital (Arriva Wales VDL DB300 Gemini 4486)
1757 13 Llandudno (Arriva Wales Pulsar 3172)
TUESDAY:
1208 26 Great Orme Summit (Arriva Wales Solo 668)
1321 26 Llandudno M&S (Arriva Wales Solo 668)
1400 12 Colwyn Bay (Arriva Wales Cadet 2520)
1434 13 Llandudno (Arriva Wales Pulsar 2620)
WEDNESDAY:
1012 TfW Betws-y-Coed
1110 S2 Llanberis (Gwynfor Coaches E200 SN16OSY)
1200 85 Bangor Bus Station (Gwynfor Coaches Solo SR KY63VTE)
1315 T2 Caernarfon (Lloyds Coaches 'TrawsCymru' Optare MetroCity YJ65EUM)
1340 12 Phwelli Bus Station (Clynnog & Trefor BMC Condor YJ06TJZ)
1600 3 Porthmadog (Caelloi Optare MetroCity YJ64DWK)
1720 S97 Beddgelert (Gwynfor Coaches Solo SR YD63UZF)
1835 S4 Caernarfon Bus Station (Gwynfor Coaches E200 SN66WND)
1910 T2 Bangor (Lloyds Coaches 'TrawsCymru' Optare MetroCity YJ67FZP)
2147 5E Llandudno (Arriva Wales Pulsar 3169)
THURSDAY:
0908 T19 Betws-y-Coed (Llew Jones Coaches 'TrawsCymru' Optare Tempo YD63UZM)
1010 S2 Pen-y-Pass (Gwynfor Coaches E200 YY17GPZ)
1105 S1 Llanberis (Gwynfor Coaches DAD DB250 ALX400 LG52DBU)
1132 85 Caernarfon (Gwynfor Coaches E200 YX11AEL)
1215 5C Bangor (Arriva Wales Pulsar 2935)
1310? X4 Holyhead (Arriva Wales Pulsar 2653)
1520 4 Llangefni (Arriva Wales Cadet 2638)
1701 4R/4A Bangor (Arriva Wales Pulsar 2914)
1807 X5 Llandudno (Arriva Wales Pulsar 3177)
FRIDAY:
0919 12 Rhyl (Arriva Wales E400 4553)
1045 11M Holywell (Arriva Wales VDL Gemini 4491)
1222 11 Chester Bus Interchange (Arriva Wales 4486)
1449 40 Chester Rail Station (Aintree Coachlines E400 142)
Merseyrail Liverpool Lime Street
1601 NT Manchester Piccadilly
1727 NT Leeds
1942 TP Darlington
2055 NT Newton Aycliffe
MAIN TAKEAWAYS:
The train portions to Chester was me being tight and using a free Northern return voucher from a 60+ min Delay Repay claim although was more of a hassle than I first thought as Northern have capped the direct Leeds to Chester services at Manchester Victoria due to staff shortages. Lost the voucher on the Thursday so had to fork out for tickets for the trip home, just pleased with some cunning planning and split ticketing it wasn't too costly.
The Arriva buses here seemed to had more go in them than their North East counterparts and was nice to have some VDL DB300s again as I don't get them much now since the X12 examples were displaced by Pulsars and sent to Yorkshire.
The two hours spent in Bangor on Wednesday night was not through choice, Arriva failed to run two trips on an hourly service so I was waiting for most of that time apart from a quick stop at Asda for much needed food & drinks as Bangor didn't have much to offer for me on that night.
The connections between buses even in some of the slightly more rural areas seem far superior than the likes of here and North Yorkshire in places and most were met apart from the one from the BMC in Phwelli although I only caught that as it was running late and did miss the 1430 3 there and had to wait until 1600 instead.
The walk around Great Orme Summit showcased just how unfit I have become recently, walked up a very steep hill and thought I was gonna die
Hope you enjoyed reading my Welsh escapades. Probs won't be too much more of these reviews from me as stuff ain't usually too interesting and the upcoming plans are just short quick photo stops and Northern's £1 ticket offer.