| Bus | From | To | Service | Operator |
| W187 RRE | Blurton | Abbey Hulton | Charter | Z carz |
| DX56 FYZ | Abbey Hulton | Tittesworth Reservoir | Charter | Blackfriars |
| DX56 FYZ | Tittesworth Reservoir | Abbey Hulton | Charter | Blackfriars |
| S973 OVP | Blurton | Abbey Hulton | Charter | Z carz |
| 40166 | Waterside Drive, Shepley Grove Walk | Stoke railway station | 23 | First Potteries |
| 65728 | Stoke railway station | Church Street, Stoke | 25 | First Potteries |
| 2933 | Stoke railway station | Stanley Matthews Way, Hem Heath | 500 | Wardle Transport |
Matthew had his current usual transport to college, and whilst there was taken to Tittesworth resvoir and back on minibus DX56 FYZ. once again one the way back the bus was swapped for VW minibus S973 OVP.
The Internet was going a bit slow so I decided to take Matthew out for an hour or so. Also it was the longest day and the sky was relatively clear. I already seen that 40166 was out on the 23A evening turn, which I knew Matthew had not been on. I worked out that we could do this bus to Stoke station for a 25 minute wait for the 500 back. Also there was a 25 Newcastle about the same time, and one back that you might just make. We decided to get an extra mile or so on the bus by taking a slightly longer walk and catching the bus in Newstead. We arrived at the stop a few minutes before the bus turned up as expected 40166.
40166 in Waterside Drive in Newstead (Matt)
After an approximately 25 minute journey we arrived outside Stoke railway station. We didn't have to wait long for the 25 to turn up. This was required 65728.
65728 opposite Stoke railway station (Matt)
We did this bus to Church Street, Stoke and just as we approached Stoke we passed 66849. We got off and Matthew got another picture.
65728 in Church Street, Stoke (Matt)
After we got off, we walked around to Glebe Street. As we had out 12 minutes to wait we decided to walk back to the railway station. We walked briskly back to the station, seeing 40166 heading back towards Blurton. We also noticed 2 coaches behind the North Staffordshire Hotel. Once we got
back to the stop we didn't have to wait long for the 500. todays offering was short Optare Solo 2933
Inside Wardles Transport 2933 (Matt)
The bus was reasonably loaded for a Short Solo, with most getting off at the Sainsbury's distribution centre. As we were about to get off Matthew photographed the inside of this colourful Solo. Today we waited for the bus to come back to the starting point of the return service so we could get a reasonably good picture.
Wardles Transport 2933 at the Stanley Matthew Way origin point (Matt)
By the time we left the bus the sky had clouded up so the photo opportunity had worked out as well as I'd hoped for him. We then had the long walk home...Mark
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