Trip to Hanley / Newcastle 26-01-2024

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
63363	Fenton, Victoria Place	Hanley BS	6	First Potteries
67174	Hanley BS	Fenton, Victoria Place	6A	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 and orange juice for breakfast. We saw Shelton Care Group HF73 YPW outside. We went downstairs and we set off onto Temple Street. In the distance we saw Temple Street church minibus RX18 GZW. We carried on along Temple Street and we turned left onto Christchurch Street. We waited for a bus towards Hanley. We continued along Christchurch Street. We onto City Road. At the top we crossed over Victoria Road to wait for the bus at the bus stop. A few minutes later the bus turned up and it was dud First Potteries 63363 on a #6 to Hanley.

First Potteries 63363 in Fenton

We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off down Victoria Road and we crossed over the A52 at Joiners Square. We ran up Lichfield Street past the site of the new housing development. We turned left onto the ring road and we turned right onto Bethesda Street and right onto John Street and into the bus station and we got up and got off the bus. Once off the bus we walked up Lichfield Street. We went forwards onto Tontine Street and we continued down into the market. Matthew visited the toilet and afterwards we walked through Tontine Square past the HSBC bank onto Piccadilly. We turned left onto Bethesda Street and down to the museum. We went into the museum and Matthew used the toilet. Matthew had a walk around and went to see the natural history section. We stopped on the corner of Bethesda Street and we saw Global Travel B13 HTL. Afterwards we walked up Pall mall and we walked past radio stoke and onto Lichfield Street and we crossed onto Birch Terrace and we cut down towards the crossing over the ring road. We stopped at Venus Fish Bar and Matthew had sausage chips and gravy washed down bottle of Coke. Afterwards we crossed over the ring road and headed up to Birch Terrace, We crossed over Lichfield Street and we waited for a bus back towards Fenton. Whilst waiting for the bus we saw First Potteries 35932. A short time later we saw a bus come on stand. It was First Potteries 67174 on a #6A to Blythe Bridge.

First Potteries 67174 in Hanley bus station

We got on the bus and we booked to Fenton before sitting down towards the back of the bus. We set off out of the bus station onto John Street and we turned left onto Bethesda Street. We turned left onto the ring road and we turned right onto Lichfield Street and we ran down the hill to Joiners Square. We crossed the roundabout onto Victoria Road and we ran up the hill into Fenton. At the top of the hill we got up and got off the bus. One off the bus we set off on foot onto City Road and we turned left onto Christchurch Street and we turned right onto Temple Street and we returned to the residential unit. Matthew went room to chill out and watch buses out of the window. We went downstairs to the car. We set off onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Smithpool Road and left onto City Road. We ran down the hill and under the railway line into Stoke. We crossed over the A500. We went around the one-way system. We ran up the hill into Hartshill. We turned left into the Avenue and right onto Parkstone Avenue before turning left into Vessey Terrace. We turned right onto Bankside and right onto Well Street and we saw beige minibus YY16 CKV. We crossed over onto Garden Street and we turned left onto Hassell Street and we turned right onto Barracks Road and we ran past the bus station. We continued onto the Southbound A34. We headed down to the Cherry Tree where we had dinner. Matthew had a glass of Coke. Afterwards he had a mixed grill followed by chocolate fudge cake and ice cream. Once we had finished eating we saw First Potteries 63171 on a #22 to Longton. We set off We carried on along the A34 and we ran down into Trent Vale past the site of a new Greggs. We continued through Trent Vale and we joined the Northbound A500 and we ran up to Sideway. We joined the Eastbound A50 and we came off at Longton and onto the one-way system. We continued onto the Strand and we stopped at Farmfoods where Matthew did some food shopping. We then returned to Meadows FP65 LFV to continue to Meir. We ran around the one-way system down the Strand. A few minutes later we saw First Potteries 63359 on a #11 to Hanley. We under the railway line onto King Street. We continued down through Fenton and forwards onto City Road. We went past the site of the new Burger King. We turned left onto Smithpool Road. We turned left into Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew collected a few suypplies from the car and headed upstairs. He chilled out in his room and watched TV. He had a bottle of Coke. 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.