Trip to Hanley / Shelton 12-07-2024

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
44514	Fenton, Victoria Place	Hanley, adj stop J1	6A	First Potteries
67148	Hanley BS	Fenton, Smithpool Road	23	First Potteries
112	Fenton, adj Travers Court	Stoke, adj stop Q	1	D&G Bus
67157	Stoke, adj stop P	Shelton, Howard Place	23	First Potteries
BT71 OJT	Shelton	Hanley	Charter	Take Me Crewe
63115	Hanley BS	Fenton, adj Travers Court	11	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 YP70 JYJ outside. We went downstairs and we set off onto Temple Street. 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 44514 on a #6A to Hanley. We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before we sat down. We set off down Victoria Road and we crossed over the A52 at Joiners Square. We turned left onto the ring road. We turned right onto Bethesda Street and right onto John Street. We got up and got off the bus. Once we walked up John Street to the bus station. Once off the bus we set off up Lichfield Street and visited Venus Fish Bar. Matthew had sausage chips and gravy washed down with a can of Coke. When we got to Hanley we called for a taxi to Shelton. The taxi appeared and it was a Z Carz taxi. We got in taxi and we set off along onto Lichfield Street and we turned right onto onto Regent Road. We turned left onto Lower Houghton Street. We turned right onto Bower Street and we turned left onto Harding Road. We turned left into The Parkway and we went into Hanley Park and parked in the car park. We walked over to the pavilion. Once we had finished in the park we walked down The Parkway. we returned to Hanley in an Intercity taxi. We set off down The Pkwy and we continued onto Ridgway Road and we turned left onto Mawson Grove and we turned left onto the A52. We turned left onto Lichfield Street. We crossed over the ring road and we ran down Lichfield Street and we turned into the the stop outside the bus station. Whilst we waited for a bus back to Fenton and Matthew visited the toilet. Afterwards we saw First Potteries 67172 on a #21 to Trentham.

First Potteries 67172 in Newcastle bus station

A short time later we saw First Potteries 63176 on a #4A to Kidsgrove.

First Potteries 63176 in Newcastle bus station

A few minutes later the bus appeared and it was First Potteries 67148 on a #23 to Newstead.

First Potteries 67148 in Newcastle 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. At the top of the hill we got up and got off the bus. We crossed over City Road and we cut through to the residential unit. We went upstairs and chilled out in his room to chill out and use the computer. Matthew also watched buses out of the window. We went downstairs and we got in a Lucky Seven taxi. We set off along Temple Street and we turned right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto City Road and we headed down the hill towards Stoke. We turned right onto the A52 and we ran past the railway station towards Joiners Square. We crossed over the roundabout and continued through Bucknall and we ran to the end of the road and we got out. We stopped for a short while and Matthew had a can of Coke and afterwards we returned to Fenton. We got in the car and we set off onto the A52 and Joiners Square. We continued onto to Stoke and we ran alongside the railway line and we turned left onto City Road. We ran up the hill into Fenton and we turned right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs and back to his room. We went downstairs and we and we cut through onto City Road to wait a bus to Hanley. At the Afford garage we saw Afford rent-a-car HK22 WCU parked up. A few minutes later the bus turned up and it was D&G Bus 112 on a #1 to Park Site. We got on the bus and we booked to Stoke before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off down City Road and we joined the A52 to go under the railway line and over the A500. We continued onto Church Street and we got up and got off the bus. We down the road to the other stop to wait for a #23 to Shelton. A few minutes later we saw a bus approaching and as it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 67157 on a #23 to Hanley. We got on the bus and we booked to Shelton before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off along Church Street. We turned right onto Shelton Old Road. We ran forwards onto Stoke Road and we ran up the hill past the college. We crossed over the canal and we continued onto Snow Hill. We got up and got off the bus Once off the bus we crossed over the road and we saw it was Take Me Crewe BT71 OJT on a to the Hanley.

Take Me Crewe BT71 OJT in Shelton

We got on the bus and we sat down. We set off onto Havelock Place and we turned left onto Snow Hill. We turned left and ran up Broad Street. We turned right onto the anti-clockwise ring road. We continued down onto Etruria Road and ww stopped at the pub. Matthew went to the toilet and then had burger and fries followed by lemon meringue pie and a glass of Coke. We returned to Fenton. We walked up Etruria Road and we continued up Trinity Street and we turned left onto Stafford Street and we headed up Tontine Street and forwards onto Tontine Square. We went into Stafford Street and forwards onto Lichfield Street and back to the bus station. We waited for a bus back to Fenton. Whilst we waited we saw First Potteries 63361 on layover. A few minutes later the bus turned up and it was dud First Potteries 63115 on a #11 to Newcastle.

First Potteries 63115 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 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. 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 First Potteries 67174 parked in the garage. At the roundabout we turned right onto Anchor Road. system onto Commerce Street and 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 at the Travers Court bus stop outside the block of flats and we walked onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went up to his room to use his computer and watch buses. He also ate some Birthday cake and sang happy birthday to a friend. Later on Matthew had a bath and had toast for supper. Matthew went on his computer until bedtime around 23:00... Mark.