Trip to Merthyr Tydfil / Hanley 02-04-2019

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
YJ62 LSX	Fenton	Merthyr Tydfil	Charter	Z Carz
YJ62 LSX	Merthyr Tydfil	Fenton	Charter	Z Carz
47519	Fenton, Smithpool Road	Hanley BS	11	First Potteries
67153	Hanley BS	Fenton, Smithpool Road	23	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. He was also going to Wales and out on the bus later on. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast and orange juice. whilst waiting for the time to go to the day centre, we saw silver minibus FT08 DKY.

FT08 DKY in Fenton

we set off on foot to the day centre. We walked onto Temple Street and right onto Christchurch Street. At the day centre we saw Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX.

Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX in Fenton

Transport for the trip was Z Carz YJ62 LSX. We got on the bus and we set off onto Christchurch Street and We ran forwards onto Station Bridge Road. At Heron Cross we joined the Westbound A50 and we ran down to Sideway. We turned left onto the Southbound A500 and we ran down to the motorway. We got onto the Southbound M6 and we ran through Staffordshire into the west Midlands. We came off the M6 at junction 8 and onto the Southbound M5... We ran out of the West Midlands into Worcestershire and at Junction we joined the Westbound M50. We ran along the M50 and forwards onto the A449. After a short distance we joined the westbound A40. We ran to Abergavenny and we joined the Westbound A465. We ran around the top end of town and we turned left onto the A470. We turned right onto Swansea road and we stopped at the garden centre. We parked up and Matthew went to the toilet. Matthew had a sausage chips and gravy washed down with a can of Coke. Matthew used the soft play area for a while and afterwards we returned to Fenton on Z Carz YJ62 LSX. we got on the bus and we set off onto Swansea Road. We turned left onto the A470 and right onto the A465. We headed Eastwards until near to Abergavenny we joined the Eastbound A40. We ran through South Wales and we joined the A449 for a short distance before going on the M50. We ran to the end of the M50 and we joined the M5. We ran up through Worcestershire and into the West Midlands before joining the Northbound M6. We ran North through the West Midlands and Staffordshire to junction 15 where we cam off onto the A500. We travelled North up to Sideway and then we joined the Eastbound A50. We came off the A50 at Heron Cross and we turned left onto Blurton Road. We went through the traffic lights onto Heron Steeet. We carried on forwards onto Station Bridge Road and we turned left onto Christchurch Street. We turned left onto Masterson Street and we turned right onto Watkin Street. We continued onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs to use his computer and chill out in his room. We saw First Potteries 41501 on a #11 to Hanley.

First Potteries 41501 in Fenton

Also seen was blue minibus SF14 BXH going towards Heron Cross.

SF14 BXH in Fenton

We went downstairs and we walked through onto City Road. We crossed over the road and we waited for a bus towards Longton. A few minutes later we saw the bus approaching and we saw it was First Potteries 47519 on a #11 to Hanley. We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before sitting down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off up City Road and we went forwards onto King Street. We ran through Foley and we under the railway line into Longton town centre. We stopped outside the old job centre as the #11 no longer calls in the Interchange. We ran up Market Street and we turned left onto Anchor Road. We ran up the hill to the top and ran down to the roundabout in Adderley Green. At the roundabout at the East end of Bentilee we turned right onto Beverley Drive and then left onto Dawlish Drive. We ran to the end and we turned left onto Beverley Drive. At the end we turned right onto Dividy Road and we ran down the hill to Bucknall. We turned left onto the A52 we saw First Potteries 67699 on a #11 to Newcastle. We ran to limekiln lights and we went across onto Bucknall New Road. We climbed the hill up to Hanley and we joined the clockwise ring road. We turned right onto Bethesda Road and right onto John Street and into the bus station. Once off the bus we walked up Lichfield Street onto Stafford Street. We walked along to Crown bank and we headed up to Tontine Square. We turned right onto Tontine street and we stopped at the pub. Matthew went to the toilet and afterwards had a burger and chips washed down with a glass of Coke. For after Matthew had chocolate fudge cake and ice cream. Once we had finished we walked along Tontine street and forwards onto Lichfield Street and back to the bus station. We waited for a bus back to Fenton. A few minutes later we saw First Potteries 67153. We got on the bus and we booked to Fenton and sat down towards the back of the bus. Whilst we waited for departure time we saw First Potteries 37158 on a #25 to Keele. We set off onto John Street and we turned left onto Bethesda Street. We crossed over the ring road and we ran down onto Regent Road and forwards onto Cleveland Road. We ran down though Shelton along College Road and we ran down to the railway station. We turned right onto Glebe Street and under the railway line an we ran around the one-way system in Stoke and stopped by Stoke Minster. We turned left onto Church Street and we crossed the A500 and we ran under the railway line. After climbing up the hill into Fenton we turned right into Smithpool Road where we got up and got off the bus. We walked back up Temple Street and back to the residential unit. We went upstairs and Matthew chilled out in his room. He used the computer and watched buses out of the window. Later on Matthew had a bath and then had toast for supper. He then chilled out in his room until bedtime around 23:00... Mark.