Trip to Joiners Square / Congleton 12-01-2018

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
DX17 PXZ	Fenton	Joiners Square	Charter	Roseville
YJ62 RCO	Fenton	Congleton	Charter	Z Carz
YJ62 RCO	Congleton	Fenton	Charter	Z Carz

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. He was also going out for tea later. Rosso is now part of the Transdev family today. You'll probably know Transdev as the people who run buses in other parts of Lancashire including the town’s buses in Blackburn and Burnley, and those on the Witchway, Red Express and Mainline. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast and orange juice for breakfast. Outside the residential unit was Shelton care Group DY08 FFX.

Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX in Fenton

We set off on foot to the day centre. We walked onto Temple Street and right onto Christchurch Street and into the day centre. At the day centre In the morning Matthew did some baking. Matthew made some sponge cake. For dinner he had sausage chips and gravy from the chips shop. After dinner we went to the pub. Today we went to the pub in an Roseville DX17 PXZ. We set off onto Glebedale Road and forwards onto Fountain Street. We followed the road around onto William Street and we turned left onto Manor Street. At the end of Manor Street we turned left onto Victoria Road and we headed down to joiners Square roundabout. At the roundabout we went straight onto Lichfield Street and we reached our destination. At the pub Matthew went to the toilet and had a drink of Coke. highlights of the bus sightings First Potteries 63174 on #6A to Blythe Bridge. and Stanton's of Stoke BV16 PBO and Derbyshire CC welfare bus YF13 XVT. 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 saw First Potteries 37156 on a #11 to Newcastle. We turned right onto Smithpool Road and left onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs to use his computer. Matthew also watched buses from the window. We saw white minibus DK66 ??? going towards Longton.

DK66 in Fenton

We also saw D&G Bus 119 on a #1 to Park Site.

D&G 119 in Fenton

A few minutes later we saw minibus FJ11 RMU going towards Stoke.

FJ11 RMU in Fenton

Later on we went to Congleton and we saw it was Z Carz YJ62 RCO. We got on the bus and we set off onto Temple Street. We turned right onto Smithpool Road and then left onto City Road. We ran down the hill and forwards onto the A52 and under the railway line. We turned right onto the Northbound A500 and we ran up through Etruria and Longport to talke. We came of the A500 onto the A34 and we ran Northwards up to Talke Pits. We continued onto the A5011 and forwards onto the A50. We ran past the Stanways Coaches depot and we turned right onto Church Lane. At the end we turned left onto the A34 and we ran to the edge of Congleton. We turned left onto Padgbury Lane and we stopped at the pub. Matthew had a chicken burger and fries with a glass of Coke. He also had chocolate fudge cake and ice cream. When we had finished we returned to Fenton on Z Carz YJ62 RCO. We set off onto Padgbury lane and we joined the Southbound A34. We ran South for a few mile past Kidsgrove and Talke Pits and we followed the road to the left and down to Talke where we joined the Southbound A500. We ran South through Longport and Eruria and we came off the A500 at Stoke. We went along the A52 under the railway line and forwards onto City Road up into Fenton. We turned right into Smithpool Road and left into Temple Street and back to the residential unit. When we got back we wentt up to Matthew's room. Later on Matthew chilled out in his room. Matthew 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.