I had planned to catch the 1105 London Bridge train but missed it and caught a No 410 to the top of Tamworth Road and then walked to East Croydon station. Here I took the 1125 to London Bridge and then the Thameslink to Farringdon at 1146 and from there the Elizabeth line to Liverpool Street station. Finally the 1218 Chingford train took to to Clapton where I arrived at 1228. I walked from there to Brooke Road and then into Nightingale Road where there was already a No 425 loading up.
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Avery scratched bus timetable display,bus less than
15 minute interval service taking about an hour |
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| Only the No 425 calls here |
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Lay over point in Kenninghall Road also used by
the No393 |
When the bus arrived, as with the one previous, it stated on it that its destination was Manor Park. Stagecoach 11373 picked me up at 1245 and then returned the way I had come on foot to Upper Clapton Road. The bus turned right here towards the Lea Bridge roundabout.
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| Approaching the Lea Bridge roundabout from the north |
The bus headed straight on at the roundabout to Clapton Pond and then on down Lower Clapton Road and into Urswick Road.
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| Proceeding down Lower Clapton Road |
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| About to turn left at Urswick Road |
The road turned east and we went left into Fenn Road so as to access Homerton hospital which was reached at 1258. As we returned to Homerton High Street the bus turned right passing Fenn Road again before heading left under the railway then left into Morning Lane. The bus then continued into Kenton Lane before turning right into Valentine Road and then Well Street. We followed next Cassland Road and then Terrace Road now with the No 277 for company.
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| The church of Church Crescent |
We ran around Church Crescent into Lauriston Road and across Victoria Park where we entered the borough of Tower Hamlets at 1308.
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| Crossing through Victoria Park |
Taking Grove Road we went over the humpback bridge of the Regents Canal and down to the Mile End Road. Here we headed east to Bow and onward to Stratford, passing under a railway line with evidence of the covered stairwell of a disused station, this was another station called Bow Road which closed in 1949.
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| Mile End Underground station |
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| Approaching the Bow Flyover |
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| Stratford the left turn will take us into bus station |
We did a circuit of Stratford bus station at 1329 and then went east along Romford Road.
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| Travelling along Romford Road east of Stratford |
At this point we were following the route of the No 86 and No 25. The latter had as it destination Ilford Hainault Street as should the No 425, but at 1345 on arrival at Manor Park the bus announced it was terminating.
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| Stagecoach 11373 leaving me at Manor Park |
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Bus Journey should normally take
another 10minutes to Ilford |
On the countdown display in 15 minutes it was showing a No 425 going to Hanault Street. However, three minutes later that bus said it was going to Manor Park. I then googled on my phone why were there no No 425s going to Ilford and the reply said that until 12th December cycle lane works in Ilford meant the No 425 would be terminating at Manior Park.
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| BACityflyer G-LCYL outbound from London City |
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Class 66 of GBRF 66781 about to take
North London Line |
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| G-XWBF of British Aiways for Heathrow |
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| B-LXM of Cathay Pacific heading to Heathrow |
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720550 heading empty to depot via international
loops |
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| 9V-SKU A380 of Singapore Airlines for LHR |
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| Cessna 510 OE-FOE outbound from London City |
I therefore went around the corner and caught the next Elizabeth line train to Stratford where I watched trains and planes for a while. At 1510 I took the Jubilee line to CanadaWater and then the Overground to West Croydon arriving home at 1620.
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