Trip to Hanley / Festival Park 16-12-2023

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
35950	Stoke, Lytton Street	Hanley BS	25	First Potteries
63178	Festival Park, Moat House Hotel	Newcastle BS	4A	First Potteries
35941	Newcastle BS	Stoke, Lytton Street	25	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going out on the bus. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast for breakfast. before Matthew went to Trentham he watched buses out of the window. we saw First Potteries 67176 on a #11 to Newcastle. Later on we went out on the bus to Newcastle. We went downstairs and we set off onto City Road. We walked down to the bus stop outside the flats. We walked through onto City Road. We continued down the hill and under the railway line before. A short tme later the bus appeared and it was First Potteries 35950 on a #25 to Hanley.

First Potteries 35950 in Stoke

We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before sitting down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off down City Road and we followed the A52 to the left and we ran alongside the railway and onto Station Road. After stopping briefly outside the railway station we turned right onto College Road and We turned left onto Avenue Road and we turned right onto Snow Hill. We turned left and ran up Broad Street. We turned right onto the ring road and left onto Bethesda Street. We turned right onto John Street and we ran up to the bus station. Once in the bus station we got up and got off the bus. Matthew used the toilet. We walked up Lichfield Street. We continued onto Tontine Street. We walked through Tontine Square to the Intu Potteries shopping centre. We had a walk around the shops and afterwards we walked through Tontine Square onto Stafford street. We turned left onto trinity Street and we saw First Potteries 67662 on a #8 to Ball Green. We continued onto Etruria Road and we cut through into B&M. Matthew did some shopping we went to Festival Park in a Lucky Seven taxi. We set off onto Etruria Road past former Sainsbury's supermarket. We went under the A53 and we went forwards onto we Festival Way. At the roundabout we turned right and we went to the retail park. We visited Costa Coffee. Matthew had a glass of Coke. We walked back onto Festival Way to catch a bus back to Hanley. The bus appeared and it was First Potteries 63178 on a #4A to Kidsgrove.

First Potteries 63178 in Festival Park

We got on the bus and we booked to Newcastle before we sat down. We set off along Festival Way. We ran past Waterworld and we turned left onto Forge Lane past the Brindley Farm pub. We looped under the A53 and we joined the Westbound A53. We crossed over the A500 at Etruria and and we ran up the hill into Basford. We ran down hill to the edge of Newcastle and we got onto the one way system. At the jubilee roundabout we turned left onto Barracks Road before turning right into the bus station. We got up and got off the bus. Once we got off the bus. A few minutes later a bus to Hanley appeared and it was dud First Potteries 35941 on a #25 to Hanley.

First Potteries 35941 in Newcastle bus station

We got on the bus and we booked to Fenton before sitting down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off out of the bus station onto barracks Road and we ran down onto the Southbound A34. We turned left into the hospital and we ran through the grounds and onto Hilton Road. We continued onto Albany Road and we turned right onto The Avenue. At the end of the road we turned right onto the A52 and we ran through Hartshill and down the hill into Stoke town centre. We went forwards onto Church Street and the bus topped in the town centre. After a brief stop we continued over the A500 and we got up and got off the bus just before the railway bridge. We walked up City Road and we cut across onto Temple Street and left onto Christchurch Street. We stopped at the Co-op and Matthew had a bottle of Coke. We stopped at the Allan Jones Family Butchers shop and we sausage. We walked down Christchurch Street. We turned right onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went up to his room to use his computer and watch buses. We went downstairs and got in the car we set off onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto City Road and we ran down into Stoke. We ran around the one-way system and we turned left onto London Road. We turned right onto Penkhull New Road and we ran through Penkhull onto Newcastle Lane. We turned right onto Queens Road and we past the old school. At the end of the road we turned right onto the A52 and we ran down into Stoke and onto the one way system. We turned right onto Elenora Street and we followed the road around onto Copeland Street and we turned left onto Glebe Street. We turned right onto Lytton Street and we ran through onto City Road. We ran under the railway bridge and we ran up the hill into Fenton. We turned right into Smithpool Road and we turned left onto Temple Street past the Queen Elizabeth II Court. We continued back to the residential unit. Matthew went up to his room to chill out on his computer and watch buses out of the window. Before tea We went downstairs out for a walk to fetch his tea. we set off onto Temple Street and we turned left onto Smithpool Road. We ordered sausages and chips gravy and then we walked back along Smithpool Road and onto and back to the residential unit. We went upstairs and Matthew went to his room to chill out. Matthew went into the living room to have tea. Matthew ate his sausages and chips gravy followed by a Butterfly cake. Matthew spent time in his room watching television and using his computer. 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.