Trip to Fenton / Hanley 10-05-2016

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
DV10 JCU	Bentilee	Fenton	Charter	Shelton Care Group
DV10 JCU	Fenton	YMCA Hanley	Charter	Shelton Care Group
DV10 JCU	YMCA Hanley	Bentilee	Charter	Shelton Care Group

Today Matthew was in respite and he was going to his day service. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast for breakfast. Recently the respite place has had new windows, and they are still carrying out refurbishments inside the building. Whilst waiting for his transport we were looking out of the window to see what other buses appeared to take other service users out for the day. One bus that turned up was Stanton's of Stoke minibus CN09 CJE.

Stantons of Stoke CN09 CJE in Bentilee

A few minutes Matthew's transport appeared and it was Shelton Care Group DV10 JCU.

Shelton Care Group DV10 JCU in Bentilee

We went downstairs to catch the bus, and we also saw Jayjay's Travel YM61 PUA.

Jayjays Travel YM61 PUA in Bentilee

We got on Shelton Care Group DV10 JCU and we we set off onto Dividy Road we saw grey minibus YJ14 COU on the adjacent side road. We carried on past Adderley Green were we saw First Potteries 42894. We went straight over the roundabout and past Park Hall into Weston Coyney. At the lights we turned right onto the A520 and down into Meir. We turned into Leasowe Road and we ran into the Meir estate to pick up another service user. After picking then up we traveled up Stanton Road and back onto the A520. In the centre of Meir we turned right at the roundabout and onto the Westbound A50. We ran down through Longton cutting and to Heron Cross were we came off and onto Blurton Road. Having gone through the centre of Heron Cross we went straight onto Heron Street and over the railway line on station Bridge Road. We turned right onto Christchurch Street and to our destination. In the morning Matthew spent time in the sensory room and using the computers. For dinner Matthew had cheese oatcakes. After dinner Matthew was going to the YMCA for a session on the climbing wall. For the trip we got back aboard Shelton Care Group DV10 JCU. We set off onto Glebedale Road and we turned right onto City Road. At the roundabout we turned sharp left onto Victoria Road and we headed down to Joiners Square. At the roundabout we went straight on and onto Lichfield Road. Just before Hanley we turned left onto Regents Road and left again onto Harding Road. We turned into the YMCA and we got off the bus. Outside the YMCA we saw City Cabs minibus GN08 DCZ.

City Cabs GN08 DCZ in Hanley

Matthew went into the YMCA, but he wasn't too interesting in participated in the wall climbing so he chilled out with the staff members :) He played basketball and he also brought a Haribo Starmix from the Spar Shop. When it was time to go we got back on board Shelton Care Group DV10 JCU. We set off onto Hardings Street and right onto Regents Road. At the end we turned right onto Lichfield Street. Before we got to Joiners Square roundabout we turned left onto Westmill Street and left again onto the A52. At limekiln Banks we followed the A52 to the right and we saw First Potteries 41497 on #5 to Hanley. We turned right again onto the A5272 and we ran up to Bentilee and to the respite centre. Matthew went upstairs ans spent some time in his room before tea watching buses. We saw Scraggs Blue Buses 8416 VT dropping off some other service users.

Scraggs Blue Buses 8416 VT in Bentilee

In the evening Matthew had sandwiches for tea followed by apple crumble and custard. after tea Matthew played PS4 game uncharted 4 and watched some television. Just before bedtime Matthew had a bath and put on his pyjamas. for supper he had some toast and Matthew went to bed around 23:00... Mark