Trip to Stone 12-08-2011

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
N748 OYR	Longton Transport Interchange	Meir Broasdway	7A	Wardle Transport
40383	Meir Broadway	Longton Transport Interchange	6	First Poteries
2328	Longton Transport Interchange	Stafford Road, Stone	250	Wardle Transport
231	Crown Street, Stone	Barlaston Old Road, Trentham	X1	Bakerbus

today i finished work at 15:30, and mum had a nail appointment in Longton at 16:00 so we decided I would take Matthew out for an hour or two whilst mum was occupied. setting off around 15:45 I dropped mum off in town and then parked up next to Longton Transport Interchange in Tesco car park. the plan had been to Either do the Copelands #40 service or wait until !6:40 and do the #250 to Stone. In the meantime Matthew took a few pictures. First bus he saw was ex an D&G Dart which is now 2244 in the Wardle fleet.


Wardle Transport 2244 on a #50 service (Matt)

Matthew also indicated he wanted to do 40164 to Meir but then changed his mind and took a picture instead.


40164 heading towards Meir on a #6 (Matt)

When MIB 797 appeared on the #40 service it looked like we were going to do this. He got on but he only wanted a new coach trip leaflet! I thought we were going to be waiting for the #250 and then Ex D&G Dart N748 OYR appeared and he wanted to do this. We did not see a fleet number on this bus, hopefully it's just an oversight and does not mean imminent withdrawal. We did this this to Meir where we got off and Matthew got a good picture.


Wardle Transport N748 OYR with no fleet number on the #7A Cheadle service (Matt)

we crossed the busy slip road to catch a bus back and we saw the #250 stone - Longton. We did not get across in time but i knew if we followed it to Longton we would be able to do it back out to Stone


Wardle Transport 2328 in Meir (Matt)

hot on 2328's heal was First PMT 40383. not required but a good way to get back to Longton. as we were rushed Matthew didn't get a picture. We followed 2328 all the way back to Longton and we had a about 5 minutes before 2328 was due to depart. We got on and Mathhew got a picture of the inside


Inside 2328 (Matt)

then followed a speedy trip to Stone going to Meir, then south on the A520 to Meir. we pasted the Kibblestone scout camp and went through Oulton before appearing in the Northern end of Stone. We got off in Stafford street and then walked to crown Street.


2328 heads away from Stone (Matt)

We then had around 15 minutes to wait for the X1. 2328 reappeared on the #250 Longton and First PMT 65034 appeared at the same time as Bakerbus 231 on the X1


Bakerbus 231 in crown Street Stone (Matt)

We did 231 as 65034 is not required and the X1 is faster and it's the bus that we planned on doing. it only took around 15 minutes to get back to Trentham, as such we had to wait outside Natwest Bank for a while before mum turned up.


Bakerbus 231 in Trentham (Matt)

When mum turned up we went to the gables for tea. Mum had a club sandwich. I had the spiced tuna and Matthew had gammon, egg and chips. The main meals were very nice. We were going to have a dessert, but we had to abandon this after they lost the ticket and left us waiting for half an hour, so we had to cancel dessert. we then went home and I had to write up...Mark