Trip to Fenton / Abbey Hulton 11-12-2014

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
DV10 JCU	Blurton	Fenton	Charter	Shelton Care Group
DV10 JCU	Fenton	Blurton	Charter	Shelton Care Group

today Matthew was going to his day service. He was also looking forward to his Xmas party later on today. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast and orange juice for breakfast. Around 09:00 his bus turned up and it was his usual transport, Shelton Care Group DV10 JCU.

Shelton Care Group DV10 JCU in Blurton

The bus picked up another service before going onto the A5035. We turned onto Church Road and went through Blurton & Heron Cross. At the lights they went straight onto Heron Street and turned left onto Christchurch Street before reaching their destination. In the morning Matthew did communication skills. He also helped to Hoover up and empty the bins. For dinner he had cheese oatcakes. In the afternoon they went in a in an Intercity taxi to Longton Park. The taxi went onto right onto Glebedale Road and through Heron Cross into Blurton. At Critchlows corner they went left onto Drubbery Lane and across the A5035 to the park. When they had finished they they got a taxi back. They went across onto Drubbery Lane before going right onto Blurton Road. The carried on through Blurton and Heron Cross going straight onto Heron Street. They continues onto Glebedale Road before getting back to the base. At home time his got on his usual bus for the journey back, Shelton Care Group DV10 JCU. We turned onto Glebedale road and continues onto Heron Street. We carried on straight through Heron Cross onto Blurton Road and then right onto Beaconsfield Drive. Matthew got home around 15:00. As he was having his party he didn't have a lot to eat. He had some toast when he got in and he also had some crumpet around 17:30. We set off around 18:20 in the car. We went through Blurton and onto the A50 at Heron Cross. We went West and onto the Northbound A500 coming off at Stoke. We saw First Potteries 60128 going towards Fenton. We turned onto the A52 and we went passed the railway station and University towards Joiners Square. We carried on North and past Limekiln Bank. Just North of Limekiln we passed new arrival in the First Potteries fleet, 50296 going towards Hanley on a #43 service. In Abbey Hulton we turned right onto Greasley Road. We drove for around 1/2 mile before we got to our destination. We parked up and we got out of the car. Matthew nipped down the car park and we saw ATS Travel PN14 BGU.

ATS Travel PN14 BGU in Abbey Hulton

We also saw Shelton Care Group NX13 XDJ.

Shelton Care Group NX13 XDJ in Blurton

Matthew went inside and then went to use the toilet. We arranged to picked Matthew up again later at 10:30. After we had left Matthew drank Coke, ate chocolate cake and strawberry blancmange, saw Santa who gave him some aftershave, acquired himself a Christmas tree hat, danced and generally had himself a good time. We picked him up as arranged and we drove back along Greasley Road and onto the Southbound A5009 and then forward onto the A52. t Joiners square we went left onto Victoria Road and then right onto the A50 link Road. We went through heron Cross and through Blurton and onto Beaconsfield Road. We got home just before 23:00. Matthew then chille dout on his computer before bedtime around 23:45... Mark