Trip to Hanley / Blurton 18-07-2024

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
67141	Fenton, adj Travers Court	Hanley BS	23	First Potteries
63346	Hanley BS	Kidsgrove, St Johns RC	4A	First Potteries
67146	Kidsgrove, St Johns RC	Hanley BS	3A	First Potteries
67174	Hanley BS	Blurton, Ballinson Road	23	First Potteries
67174	Blurton, Ballinson Road	Fenton, adj Royal Oak	23	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 the day centre he watched buses out of the window. whilst waiting for the time to go to the day centre, we saw First Potteries 67149 on a #11 to Newcastle. Later on we went downstairs and we set off onto City Road. We walked down to the bus stop outside the flats. A few minutes later we saw a bus approaching. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 67141 on a #23 to Hanley. We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before we sat down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off down City Road and we joined the A52 and ran under the railway line. After crossing over the A500 we ran into Stoke town centre along Church Street. We turned right onto Shelton Old Road. We ran forwards onto Stoke Road. We ran under the railway line and up through Shelton. We ran up Broad Street and we turned right onto the anti-clockwise ring road. We turned left onto Bethesda Street and right onto John Street. We climbed the hill and up into the bus station. We got up and got off the bus and Matthew took a picture of First Potteries 67141 as it continued towards Trentham.

First Potteries 67141 in Hanley bus station

We waited for a bus to Kidsgrove. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 63346 on a #4A to Kidsgrove.

First Potteries 63346 in Hanley bus station

We got on the bus and we booked to Newcastle before sitting down towards the back of the bus. We set off out of the bus station and onto John Street. At the bottom of the road we turned right onto Bethesda Street. We turned left onto Broad Street and then we joined the clockwise ring road. At the end we turned left onto Etruria Road before going under the A53 onto Festival Way. We ran past Waterworld and we turned left onto Forge Lane past a new minibus building by 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 and 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 onto Barracks Road and at the roundabout we turned left onto Ryecroft. We veered left onto Merrial Street and we turned right onto High Street. We ran forwards onto Liverpool Road and we ran turned left onto Ryecroft. At the roundabout we turned right onto the Northbound A34. We ran Northwards past the bus garage and we ran through Milehouse. We ran Northwards to the McDonald roundabout and we turned left onto Wolstanton Road. At the roundabout we turned right onto Chesterton High Street. We turned right onto Crackley Bank and we ran through Crackley and Red Street. We crossed over the A500 and we veered left onto Talke High Street. We turned right somewhere and left onto Chester Road. We re-joined the road and we ran forwards onto Coalpit Hill. We ran forwards onto the A34 and up towards somewhere where we turned right onto the B5371. We turned right onto Mitchell Avenue and we turned left onto Lower Ash Road. We turned right onto First Avenue and we got up and got off the bus. Once off the bus we walked around the corner onto the B5371. As we turned into the A50 and onto Heathcote Street and Matthew visited the toilet. As we walked through the King Street and we stopped at Wrights Pies and Matthew had a sausage roll and can of Coke. When we had finished in the shop we sat down and Matthew ate his sausage roll washed down with a can of Coke. We turned right onto King Street and we walked down Attwood Street and we turned left onto Liverpool Road and we saw First Potteries 35946 on a #3A to Hanley. As we turned into the B5371 to the Hanley bus stop. A short time later we saw the bus come around the corner. It was First Potteries 67146 on a #3A to Hanley. We got on the bus and we booked to Newcastle before sitting down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off down the the B5371 and we turned right onto the A50. We ran up the hill into Goldenhill and then forwards through Sandyford past the new retail park into Tunstall. We ran down the High Street. We continued down the High Street and we ran past the former Co-operative bank. We turned left onto Williamson Street. At the roundabout we turned right onto Scotia Road and we ran into Burslem town centre. We ran past the site of the new Kiln Gate Retail park and we continued into Cobridge and down into Hanley. We joined Hope Street and we ran forwards to Stafford Street. We turned right at the end past the town hall and onto Bagnall Street before entering the bus station. We let the bus empty and Matthew took a picture inside First Potteries 67146.

Inside First Potteries 67146

We got off the bus and Matthew took a picture of First Potteries 67146 as it continued towards Hanley.

First Potteries 67146 in Hanley bus station

A short time later we saw D&G Bus 110 on a #40 to Newstead.

D&G Bus 110 in Hanley bus station

A short time later we saw a bus turn around the corner. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 67174 on a #23 to Blythe Bridge

First Potteries 67174 in Hanley bus station

We got on the bus and we booked to Blurton before we sat down towards the back of the bus. The bus waited for time before setting off out of the bus station. We went down John Street and onto Bethesda Street. The road in front of the museum was closed so we turned right onto the the ring road. We turned right onto Broad Street. We ran down the hill and over the ring road onto Snow Hill Before we turned left onto Copeland Street. We continued forwards onto Glebe Street and we followed the road around onto Church Street. We crossed the A500 and we ran under the railway line and we continued onto City Road. After climbing up the hill into Fenton we turned right into Christchurch Street we turned right onto Station Bridge Road. We went forwards onto Heron Street and we went through Heron Cross and over the A50 onto Blurton Road. We ran down the hill and we went past the BP garage. We ran up the other side and we got off the bus opposite to the shops. Once we had finished we crossed over to wait for another bus back to Fenton. A few minutes later the bus appeared and it was First Potteries 67174 on a #23 to Newstead. We got on the bus and we booked to Fenton before we sat down. We set off down Blurton Road and we ran down the hill into the valley. After crossing Longton Brook we ran up the hill into Heron Cross. We ran forwards onto Heron Street and we followed the road around onto Station Bridge Road and we turned left onto Christchurch Street where we got up and got off the bus. We walked around the corner onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs to his room and chilled out in his room and use his computer and watch buses out of the window. For a late tea had sausages potatoes and carrots and washed this down with a glass of Irn Bru. 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.