Trip to Hanley / Knutton 03-07-2023

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
65041	Hanley BS	Fenton, adj Travers Court	11	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going out on the bus later on. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast for breakfast. before Matthew went to the day centre he watched buses out of the window. whilst waiting for the time to go to the day centre, we saw Temple Street Church minibus RX18 GZW. Later on we went out to Hanley park. We went downstairs and we got in a car. We set off down City Road and at the bottom of the hill we turned right onto the A52. where we saw First Potteries 35940 on a #25 to Keele. We continued past the station and we turned left onto Cauldon Road. We turned right onto Boughey Road and we stopped on The Avenue. we walked around Hanley Park for a while. We walk northwards through the park and into the North West corner to the sensory play area. We walked through the park and we saw the new cafe in the park. After spending a while there we walked to Regent Road. We turned left onto Lower Bethesda Street and we turned right the ring road. We turned left onto Lichfield Street and we turned right onto Old Hall Street. We went into B&M and we brought a bottle of Coke. Once we had finished we went out of the shop. We walked down Tontine Street and onto Tontine Square and we stopped at Greggs. Afterwards we walked back along Tontine Square to the Intu Potteries shopping centre where Matthew had a chicken sandwich washed down with can of Irn Bru. We had a walk around the shops and afterwards we walked through Tontine Square. After we had finished shopping we walked back down Tontine Street. We walked back down onto Lichfield Street. When we got back to the bus station we saw First Potteries 63114 on a #3 to Crewe.

First Potteries 63114 in Hanley bus station

As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 65041 on a #11 to Newcastle.

First Potteries 65041 in Hanley bus station

We set off up set off onto John Street and we turned left onto Bethesda Street. We turned left onto the ring road and left onto Lichfield Street and we turned right onto Birch Terrace. We followed the road around onto Charles Street and we turned right onto Old Hall Street. We crossed over the ring road onto Bucknall New Road. We ran down the hill through Limekiln lights and we turned right onto Dividy Road. We turned left onto Beverley Drive and right onto Dawlish Drive. We ran through the estate and back onto the A5272. We ran up to Adderley Green and we saw Scraggs VT 9389. At the roundabout we turned right onto Anchor Road past the new build houses. We turned left onto Market Street and right onto Commerce Street past the former Co-op Bank. We went arounf the roundabout and turned right onto The Strand. After a brief stop we ran down the Strand and under the railway line onto King Street. We continued down through Fenton and forwards onto City Road. We went past KFC and we got up and got off. We walked down City Road and we turned left onto Christchurch Street. We turned right onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. We went upstairs to his room to chill out and watch buses out of the window. We went downstairs and got in the car we set off onto Temple Street. We carried on along Temple Street and we turned right onto Smithpool Road and left onto City Road. We ran down the hiull into Stoke and we went under the railway line. We crossed over the the A500 and we joined the Northbound carriageway. At the next junction we came off onto Shelton New Road. We ran through the cross road up to Hartshill and at the roundabout we ran into Newcastle down George Street. A at the roundabout we ran forwards onto Ryecroft and we saw Metro Cars H4 HYT. We continued onto Knutton Lane and into Knutton. We ran onto onto the B5367 and we stopped at the pub. Matthew went to the toilet. Afterwards Matthew had a glass of Coke. When we had finished at the park we ran back down into Knutton and we ran onto the B5367. We turned right onto Church Lane we ran into Silverdale. We ran forwards onto Cemetery Road and we past the site of the old Fowlers garage which is now a car dealership. We turned left onto the A525. We turned left onto the Southbound A34 and we turned left onto the A527. We ran past the bus station and we crossed over the roundabout onto the A53. We ran around the one way system and we went along the A52 and we ran into Hartshill. We veered left onto Shelton New Road and we stopped briefly near to the old Gilberts furniture shop. We continued down Shelton New Road through the traffic lights and we turned right to join the Southbound A500. We headed South through Stoke. We went into Fenton. We continued onto Wheildon Road and we turned left onto Smithpool Road. We turned right onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit and we went upstairs to his room. For tea Matthew had Spaghetti and Tomato Sauce followed by treacle tart and custard. Matthew used his computer and watched music videos on the television. 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.