Trip to Cobridge / Stoke 27-08-2020

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
111	Fenton, adj Travers Court	Stoke, adj stop Q	1	D&G Bus
119	Stoke, adj stop M	Fenton, Christchurch Street	1A	D&G Bus

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. Matthew was also going to Cobridge later on. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast and orange juice for breakfast. Whilst waiting to go to the day service we saw First Potteries 67152 on a #23 to Hanley. In the morning Matthew went to Trentham Gardens. We went downstairs and we got in a car. We set off onto Temple Street and right onto Smithpool Road. and we turned left onto City Road. We ran down the hill and we got onto the A52. At the traffic light we went onto Station Road and we turned right at the end onto Stoke Road. We ran up the hill through Shelton and into Hanley and onto the anti-clockwise ring road. We ran to the end and then we turned left onto Etruria Road. We crossed under the A53 and into Festivel Park. We turned right onto Ridgehouse Drive. onto Greyhund Way and at the end we turned left onto Waterloo Road. Waterloo Road and we ran back down Greyhound Way into Festival Park. We continued along Ridgehouse Drive and then we went onto the Westbound A53. We turned left onto the A500 and we ran South to Stoke. We came off the A500 and onto City Road. We ran up the hill and we turned right onto right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left into Temple Street and back to the residential unit. We went upstairs and Matthew chilled out in his room. He used his computer and watched buses out of the window. We saw Intercity PO62 HXD.

Intercity PO62 HXD in Fenton

We went downstairs and we cut through onto City Road. We walked to the stop opposite the flats and we watched the digger across the road which had started work on the new sheltered housing complex. We waited for a bus towards Stoke. A short time later we saw Lucky Seven N44 DMV.

Lucky Seven N44 DMV in Fenton

A few minutes later we saw D&G Bus on a #40 to Longton.

D&G 21 in Fenton

The bus appeared and it was D&G Bus 111 on a #1 to Park Site.

D&G 111 in Fenton

We got on the bus and we booked to Newcastle before sitting down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off down City Road and we ran down the hill over the old railway line to Leek and onto the A52. We ran under the railway line and over the A500 and straight into Stoke town centre along Church Street. We got off the bus and we walked along Church Street. we turned left onto Campbell Place and went to Wrights Pies and Matthew had a can of Coke and a millionaires shortbread. We walked to the end of Campbell Place and we sat on a bench to eat the sausage roll and drink the can of Coke. we back onto Church Street and we saw D&G Bus 119 on a #1A to Meir.

D&G 119 in Stoke

We got on the bus and we booked to Fenton before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off onto Church Street out of Stoke and over the A500. We ran under the railway line and we continued onto City Road. At the top of the hill we got up and got off the bus. We crossed over City Road and onto Christchurch Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went up to his room to chill out and watch buses out of the window. whilst in the room we saw Afford rent-a-car minibus WX18 WKJ going towards Stoke. For tea Matthew had his sausage chips and gravy washed down with a bottle of Cherry Coke. Later on Matthew chilled out in his room. He watched television and used his computer. Matthew had a bath and then had toast for supper. He then chilled out in his room until bedtime around 23:00... Mark.