Trip to Apedale / Smallthorne 13-02-2018

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
DY08 FFX	Fenton	Apedale	Charter	Shelton Care Group
DY08 FFX	Apedale	Fenton	Charter	Shelton Care Group

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. Matthew was also going to Apedale and later on he was going to Smallthorne for tea. Matthew got up around 08:00 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 67651 on a #11 to Newcastle. 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 67159 on a #23 to Newstead. We continued to the day centre and we saw Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX.

Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX in Fenton

In the morning Matthew went on the computers and did communication studies. For dinner Matthew had jacket potato with beans followed by toffee cheesecake. In the afternoon Matthew went to Apedale. Transport for the journey was on Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX. We set off onto Glebedale road and then we turned left onto City Road. We ran down the hill under the railway line and over the A500 into Stoke town centre. We ran around the one-way system and we ran up Hartshill Road we saw D&G Bus 157 on the #9 to Biddulph. We continued through Hartshill. We turned right onto Victoria Street We turned right onto the A53. onto the B5369 and we ran through Dimsdale and we crossed over the A34. At the bottom end of Chesterton we went onto Loomer Road and we ran through to Apedale. Matthew went to the café and used the toilet and then had a glass of Coke. After we had finished we returned to Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX for the journey to Fenton. We set off along Loomer Road and we crossed over the A34 onto the B5369. We ran through to the A53 and we turtned right. We turned left onto Victoria Street and we ran into Hartshill. We joined Hartshill Road and we ran down the hill into Stoke town centre. We went around the one-way system onto Elenora Street and we followed it around onto Copeland Street. We got onto to Glebe street towards the railway station and we turned right onto Lytton Street. Lytton Street was blocked so we turned onto Glebe Street and Church Street. We crossed over the A500 and we ran forwards onto City Road. We turned right onto Smithpool Road and we turned left onto Temple street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went up to his room to chill out and use his computer. He also watcvhed buses out of the window. We saw Stoke-on-Trent city council LK17 DXB going towards Hanley.

Stoke-on-Trent city council LK17 DXB in Fenton

A short while later we saw D&G 40 on a #1A to Park Site.

D&G 40 in Fenton

We also saw First Potteries 63177 on a #11 to Newcastle.

First Potteries 63177 in Fenton

Afterwards we saw silver minibus DL63 FJV going towards Longton.

DL63 FJV in Fenton

A few minutes later we saw Intercity minibus SV07 VLD heading towards Hanley.

Intercity SV07 VLD in Fenton

Afterwards we saw First Potteries 63176 on a #11 to Hanley.

First Potteries 63176 in Fenton

A few minutes later we saw Stoke-on-Trent city council minibus LK17 DXC going towards Heron Cross.

Stoke-on-Trent city council LK17 DXC in Fenton

Afterwards we saw First Potteries 42552 on a #23 to Hanley.

First Potteries 42552 in Fenton

We came to pick Matthew up to take him out for tea. We packed some batteries and we went down to the car. We set off onto Temple Street and we crossed over City Road onto Manor Street. At the end of Manor Street we turned left onto Victoria Road. We ran down the hill to Joiners Square and we crossed over the roundabout onto Lichfield Street. At the top of the hill we joined the anti-clockwise ring road and we ran around Hanley to Town Road passing Scraggs T789 KWN on the #5 to Abbey Hulton. We crossed over the ring road and we joined the A5272 where we saw First Potteries 67641 on a #7 to Hanley. We ran through Sneyd Green to Smallthorne Roundabouts and we turned left onto Sneyd Hill and we ran down to Captian Kooks. Matthew went to the toilet and afterwards we sat down on a table by the window. For dinner Matthew had a breakfast... He also helped mum to eat some of her chips with bread and butter. When we had finished we set off back to Fenton via Smallthorne to drop a few things off. We went up Sneyd Hill and we crossed over Smallthorne Roundabout onto Ford Green Road. We turned left onto Fell Street and right onto Coseley Street. After a brief stop we continued down Coseley Street onto Duddell Road. We saw Z Carz DG10 VMO and we stopped briefly to drop something off. We turned right onto Chell Heath Road and at the light we re-joined Ford Green Road. We saw D&G 159 on a #9 to Biddulph. We turned left onto Saturn Road. We turned right onto Mars Street and right again onto Jupiter Street where we had a brief stop. We turned left onto Ford Green Road and at the top of the hill we joined the Southbound A5272 and we saw Harry Shaw YN16 UAE. We ran through Sneyd Green to Birches Head where we saw First Potteries 67640 on a #7 to Kidsgrove. We ran forwards onto Town Road and we joined the clockwise ring Road and we ran around Hanley. We turned left onto LIchfield Street and we ran down to Joiners Square. At the roundabout we turned right onto the A52 and we ran towards Stoke railway station. We ran alongside the railway line and we turne left onto City Road. We turned right onto Smithpool Road and left onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. We went up to Matthew's room and we wrote some of the Blog. Matthew also drank a can of Irn Bru. After doing a couple of entries I left and Matthew chilled out in his room watching television and using his computer. 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