Trip to Joiners Square / Newcastle 01-09-2017

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
63098	Magdalen Road, Blurton	Newcastle, Opp Cherry Tree PH	22	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. He was also going to Blurton later. 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 67154 on a #23 to Newstead. Around 09:00 we set off on foot to the day centre. We walked onto Temple Street and right onto Christchurch Street. We saw First Potteries 67152 on a #23 to Hanley.

First Potteries 67152 in Fenton

We continued to the day centre and we saw Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX. In the morning Matthew went on the computer. For dinner Matthew had sausage chips and gravy followed by a Manchester Tart. In the afternoon Matthew went to the pub by car. We set off onto Albert Square and we turned left into Gimson Street, We turned left onto Glebedale Road and right onto City Road. At the roundabout we turned sharp left onto Victoria Road. We ran down the hill onto Joiners Square and over the roundabout. We went forwards onto Lichfield Street and we stopped at pub. At the pub Matthew went to the toilet and then had a glass of Coke. When it was time to returned to Fenton we travelled back in a car. We set off onto Palmerston Street and we turned right onto the A52. At joiners square we continued straight along the A52 towards the railway station. We veered left and ran along side the railway line and at the end we turned left onto City Road. We turned right onto Smithpool Road and left onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs to use his computer whilst he waited for me to pick him up. When I arrived we did some work on his computer and we took some batteries and his bus pass down to the car. We set off onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Christchurch Street and we ran to the end. At the end we turned right onto Station Bridge Road and we crossed over the railway line. We ran forwards Heron Street and we went through Heron Cross and over the A50. We ran into Blurton along Blurton Road and we veered right onto Church Street. We turned right onto Beaconsfield Drive and we got back to Blurton around 15:00. When we got home Matthew had toast and a drink of Cola. Today we were catching the 15:56 to Newcastle as we were going to the pub via Grandma's House. We set off around 15:45 on foot to the bus stop all the way onto Magdalen Road. A few minutes alter the bus appeared and it was dud First Potteries 63098.

First Potteries 63098 in Blurton

We got on the bus and we booked to Trent Vale and we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off onto the A5035 and we ran over the railway line into Trentham. We passed Z Carz minibus YS09 LWV and First Potteries 67155 on a #21A to the Trentham Hotel. We turned right into New Inn Lane and near we entered Hanford and we turned right into Wilson Road. We turned left into Church Lane and we joined the A34 and we passed First Potteries 41502 on a #22 to Longton. We then headed into Trent Vale and we were passed by Leons coach 223. We turned right into Harpfields Road. We turned left into the hospital and we saw ABC Supreme minibus HN16 YUJ, Abbey Taxis minibus V700 ABY & First Potteries 37159 on a #25 to Hanley. We turned right onto the A34 and a couple of stops down the road we got up and got off the bus. As we got off the bus we were passed by First Potteries 65037 on a #101 to Hanley.

First Potteries 65037 in Newcastle

We crossed over the A34 and we saw Abbey Taxis V700 ABY again. We continued up the hill to Grandma's house. At Grandma's Matthew had a can of Irn Bru and used her computer. We said goodbye to Grandma around 17:30. We set off onto Occupation Street and we saw white minibus YK08 PVA. We turned left onto the A34. We ran down into Trent Vale. We stopped at the pub and we went inside. Matthew had a brunch with oatcakes followed by toffee sponge pudding with custard. Whilst we ate highlights of the passing buses included First Potteries 32634 & 41497 on a #22 to Longton, ABC Supreme HN16 YUJ going Southwards & First Potteries 65035 on a #101 to Stafford. When it was time to go we got in the car to go pick up uncle Dave. We ran down the A34 and we turned left onto the Northbound A500. At Sideway we turned right onto the Eastbound A50. We came of the A50 at Heron Cross. We dropped down into Fenton to pick uncle Dave up. Once we had picked him up we returned to Heron Cross. We turned right onto Blurton Road and we crossed over the A50. We ran through Blurton and we turned right onto Church Road. We turned right onto Beaconsfield Drive. We got home around 19:30. Matthew chilled out on his computer and we composed a few e-mails and sorted a few things out. We then chilled out on the sofa until bedtime around 00:00... Mark