Friday 22 December 2017

Trip to Fenton / Newcastle 22-12-2017
















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67656Magdalen Road, BlurtonNewcastle, Opp Cherry Tree PH22First Potteries


Today Matthew was in residential and he was going to his day service. He was also going to see Grandma later on and going to the pub and returning to Blurton for a long weekend. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast and orange juice for breakfast. Outside the residential unit was Shelton care Group DY08 FFX.


Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX in Fenton
Around 09:00 we set off on foot to the day centre. We walked onto Christchurch Street and up to the day centre. In the morning Matthew had his day centre Christmas party. They ate party food and watched Christmas DVDs. Matthew had egg sandwiches for dinner followed by a chocolate roll. In the afternoon Matthew went for a walk. We set off onto Christchurch Street and we cut past the houses onto Nelson Street. We turned left onto Watkin Street and left onto Marlborough Street. We turned left onto Clifton Street and back onto Christchurch Street and back to the day centre. Later on when it was time we returned to the residential unit. We set off onto Christchurch Street and we turned left onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. After a short while I came to pick Matthew up. We packed a few essential item and we got in the car. We set off onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Christchurch Street. We turned right onto Station Bridge Road and we continued onto Heron Street. We went through the traffic light s and we crossed over the A50 and we saw Lightning Travel W2 DLT. We continued through Blurton along Blurton Road and we turned right onto Church Street. We turned right onto Beaconsfield Drive and we got home around 15:00. When we got home Matthew had toast and a drink of Fanta orange. Today we were catching the 15:56 to Newcastle as we were going to the pub via Grandma's House. We set off around 15:45 on foot to the bus stop all the way onto Magdalen Road. A few minutes later the bus came around the corner. Our bus approached and we saw it was First Potteries 67656 on a #22 to Newcastle.


First Potteries 67656 in Blurton
We got on the bus and we booked to Newcastle. and as we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off onto the A5035 and we went over the railway line into Trentham. We passed First Potteries 67603 on a #22 to Longton and we turned right into New Inn Lane. We passed First Potteries 42554 on a #21A to the Trentham Hotel and we turned right into Wilson Road. We turned left into Church Lane and we saw Hanford Manor SV09 ZYH. We joined the A34 and we headed into Trent Vale, passing First Potteries 67152 on a #21A to the Trentham Hotel. We turned right into Harpfields Road where we passed First Potteries 41500 on the final #22 to Longton and D&G Bus 41 on a #9 to Biddulph. We turned left into the hospital and we saw ABC Supreme minibus FV07 UGC and First Potteries 32648 on a #25 to Hanley. We turned right onto the A34 and a couple of stops down the road we got up and got off the bus. Matthew took another picture of First Potteries 67656 as it continued towards Newcastle.


First Potteries 67656 in Newcastle
We saw Abbey taxi's V700 ABY going towards the hospital and E-zec patient transport YN15 FFG going towards Newcastle. We crossed over A34 and we headed up the hill to Grandma's House. At Grandma's Matthew had a can of Irn Bru and used her computer. Matthew also ate some shortbread biscuits. We need to charge the phone so we got a cable out of the car and Matthew got some dandelion & burdock out of the boot which he gave to Grandma to use at Christmas. We said goodbye to Grandma around 17:30. We set off onto Victoria Street and we saw white minibus YK08 PVA. We turned left onto the A34. We ran down into Trent Vale. We stopped at the pub and we went inside. Matthew had a brunch with oatcakes followed by toffee sponge pudding with custard. Whilst we ate highlights of the passing buses included ABC Supreme DX08 FXL going Southwards & First Potteries 37146 on a #101 to Hanley and First Potteries 65041 on a #101 to Stafford & D&G Bus 42 running out of service towards Hanford. When it was time to go we got in the car to go pick up uncle Dave. We ran down the A34 and we joined the Northbound A500. We came off the A500 and Stoke and we returned South down the A500 and into Fenton to pick uncle Dave up. Once we had picked him up we ran up to Heron Cross. We crossed over the A50 and we continued into Blurton along Blurton Road. We turned right onto Church Road and we turned right into Beaconsfield Drive. We got home around 19:00. Matthew chilled out on his computer and we composed a few e-mails and sorted a few things out. Later on we dropped mum off in Dresden. We ran onto the A5035 and ran through Dresden to the edge of Longton. We turned left onto Spring Garden Road and we continued to Near the end. After dropping mum off we returned along Spring Gargden Road. We turned left onto the A5035 and we did a u-turn to head back into Dresden and Blurton. We got back around 20:00. We then chilled out on the sofa doing e-mails and writing the until bedtime around 01:00... Mark

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