Trip to Gawsworth / Hanley 26-09-2017

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
RUI 2486	Fenton	Gawsworth	Charter	Stanton's of Stoke
RUI 2486	Gawsworth	Fenton	Charter	Stanton's of Stoke
YJ53 WPD	Fenton	Hanley	Charter	Z Carz
YJ53 WPD	Hanley	Fenton	Charter	Z Carz

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. Matthew got up and had toast and orange juice for breakfast. Whilst waiting for time to got to the day centre Matthew spent time in his room watching buses. We saw First Potteries 67604 on a #11 to Newcastle. Around 09:00 we set off on foot to the day centre. A few minutes later we saw Stanton's of Stoke KS05 BUS going towards Stoke. We walked onto Temple Street and right onto Christchurch Street. We saw First Potteries 67155 on a #23 to Hanley. At the day centre we saw Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX

Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX in Fenton

In the morning Matthew we to Gawsworth on Stanton's of Stoke RUI 2486. We set off onto Glebedale Road and we turned left onto City Road. We ran down the hill under the railway and we joined the Northbound A500. We ran Northwards up the A500 as far as Talke and then we got onto the Northbound A34. By the Caudwell Tavern we followed the road to the right and through Red Bull and Scholar Green up to Congleton. We continued to the West of the town up the A34 and out of the other side. At the roundabout we turned right onto the A536 and we continued North for around 4 miles to Gawsworth. We went past the village to the Southern edge of Macclesfield and we stopped at the pub. Matthew went to the toilet and then had a glass of Coke. For dinner Matthew had beefburger and fried followed by a chocolate fudge cake and ice cream. Once we had finished we returned to Fenton. We set off down the A536 down to the edge of Congleton Road and we ran South into Congleton. We ran through the town centre and out of the other side onto the A527. We ran down through Biddulph and down through Brown Lees and Brindley Ford. Wecontinued through Chell and Pits Hill and North of Tunstall and we ran down to the A500. We ran Southwards to Stoke where we came off the A500 onto City Road. We turned right onto Smithpool Road and left onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went up to his room to chill out on his computer. We akso watched buses out of the window. We saw minibus BN64 KNG going towards Stoke.

BN64 KNG in Fenton

We also saw D&G Bus 112 on a #1 to Meir.

D&G 112 in Fenton

Matthew was going out for tea. We went out and it was Z Carz Iveco minibus YJ53 WPD. We got on the bus and sat down. The bus set off onto Temple Street and right onto Christchurch Street. We crossed over City Road onto Manor Street. At the end we turned left onto Victoria Road and we ran down the hill to Joiners Square. We crossed over the roundabout onto Lichfield Street. We joined the clockwise ring road and we ran around to Etruria Road. We stopped at the pub on the corner and Matthew went to the toilet. Matthew had a burger and fries followed by by a lemon meringue pie. When we had finished we returned to Fenton. We set off onto Etruria Road and we joined the Westbound A53. We ran to Etruria and we got on the Southbound A500. We ran down to Stoke and we came off the A500 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. When Matthew got back he went up to his room. He 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.