| Bus | From | To | Service | Operator |
| 40003 | ladybank Grove, Blurton | Stoke railway station | 23 | First Potteries |
| 66838 | Stoke railway station | Newcastle town centre, the Alma inn PH (adj) | 25 | First Potteries |
| 40139 | hartshill, Kingswell Road (adj) | Stoke-upon-Trent, Lytton Street (adj) | 26 | First Potteries |
| 60074 | Stoke-upon-Trent, Lytton Street (opp) | Church Street, Stoke | 25 | First Potteries |
| 66839 | Church Street, Stoke | Stoke railway station | 25 | First Potteries |
| 2931 | Stoke railway station | Stanley Matthews Way, Hem Heath | 500 | Wardle Transport |
Matthew hadn't been out yet this month, and as he had been quite good today I decided to take him out for an hour or two. We were ready about 30 minutes earlier than usual, so I decided we could go to the railway station on the other 23 diagram, the one that is almost always 40003. we went to the Ladybank grove stop tonight and after a few minutes sure enough 40003 turned up!
40003 in Blurton on it's usual 23 turn (Matt)
As we were earlier. I thought we could potentially cover all 3 buses on the #25 service, as well as one of the buses on the #26. This would of course depend on if all the buses were running to time. We did 40003 to Stoke railway station, and as it was on time we were able to casually cross the road to wait for the Keele bound #25 service. After a couple of minutes 66838 appeared on the service. I had worried Star Travel Minibus out that we should pass the next #25 outside stoke and we could go to the Alma and catch a #26 back to stoke for this bus. Going up Harsthill bank we passed 60074 on the Hanley bound #25 which was required! we got off outside the Alma and Matthew photographed the bus as it sped off...
66838 heads towards Newcastle on a #25 to Keele (Matt)
We got off the bus and head to the next bus stop towards Stoke. In hindsight we should have gone the other way as it was about 1/4 mile! after a short while 40139 turned up on the service. Initially I thought it was a bus that Matthew required, but I remembered it was the second bus we had the first time we had been to Chester specifically to ride on buses. we did this bus to Lytton Street, where once again Matthew got a shot.
Ex Chester Dart 40139 heading towards Longton on a #26 (Matt)
The plan was now, if the #23 was on time we would do it to Stoke station and pick up 60074 there, otherwise, just stay put and have a short ride on 60074. 40155 was indeed a couple of minutes late on the #23 Hanley, and we stayed put to make sure we got 40155. 60074 eventually rounded the corner. we did it to stoke and Matthew got a shot.
Purple 'W' 60074 on a #25 to Keele (Matt)
we crossed the road and waited about a minute before the next Hanley bound #25, this one was 66839 which we have had recently. we did it to the station and Matthew got a picture.
66839 on a #25 outside stoke railway station (Matt)
We then had 10 minutes to wait, before the #50, we did this by photographing the coaches behind the North Stafford hotel, and then sitting on the steps next to the bus stop. Todays #500 was 2931 which was the same as last time we did it. at journey end we crossed the road and then photographed the bus as it wait time for the return journey.
Wardle Transport 2931 at journey end on the #500 (Matt)
Afterwards we walked back home in darkness...Mark
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