Monday 23 December 2019

Trip to Wolstanton / Longton 23-12-2019
















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63114Longton, stop CFenton, adj Travers Court11First Potteries


Today Matthew was in Blurton, and we were going out to do some shopping later on. We were also going to uncle Dave for a Christmas party. Matthew got up around 10:15 and had toast and orange juice for breakfast. Mum arrived home around 10:30 and we sepnt time chilling out before going shopping. Around 11:45 we got in the car and we set off through Blurton. We ran along Beaconsfield Drive and we passed First Potteries 67650 on a #22 to Newcastle. We turned left onto Church Road and at the roundabout we turned left onto Blurton Road. We joined the Westbound A50 and we saw The Traveller Choice 7 HXP going Eastwards. At Sideway we joined the Northbound A500 where we saw Arriva Midlands 2988 on the #164 to Hanley. We continued Northwards and we turned left onto Adsa. After parking up we went in the supermarket. Matthew used the toilets and afterwards we went around and did the shopping. When we had finished we decided to go have dinner. We decided to go to Britannia Cafe in Longton. We set of out of the retail park and we joined the Southbound A500. As we ran through Stoke we saw an unidentified Ridleys coach and First Potteries 44514 on a #23 to Newstead. We came off the A500 at City Road we saw First Potteries 67159 on a #23 to Hanley. We ran up City Road and we saw First Potteries 67665 on a #11 to Newcastle. We ran past KFC and forwards onto King Street. As we approached Longton we saw First Potteries 65706 on a #6 to Hanley. We turned right onto Baths Road and we ran past Longton Interchange where we saw D&G 173 on a #50 to Hanley. We joined the hight level A50 and we cam off at the next junction and parked up by Matalan. We walked along Gold Street and we stopped at the sweet shop. Matthew brought a bag of spearmint chews. We went around the corner onto The Strand and we went into the The Britannia Cafe. Matthew went to the toilet and afterwards he had 2 sausage and cheese oatcake washed down with a can of Coke. Highlights of the bus sighting include D&G Bus 20 on an Engineering test and First Potteries 63173 running out of service. We went outside and we spotted a bus we fancied catching. We saw it was First Potteries 63114 on a #11 to Newcastle.


First Potteries 63114 in Longton
We got on the bus and we booked to Fenton before we sat down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off down The Strand and we ran under the railway line onto King Street. We ran through Foley into Fenton and forwards onto City Road. As we approached the flat we got up and got off the bus. Once off the bus we had arranged to go to the residential unit to pick up some presents. We walked up City Road and we saw D&G Bus 113 on a #1A to Wood Lane.


D&G 113 in Fenton
We cut through onto Temple Street and we went upstairs to Matthew's room. We collected the presents and afterwards went downstairs and we met mum outside. We got in the car and we set off onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Christchurch Street. We turned right onto Station Bridge Road and we ran forwards onto Heron Street. We ran through the Heron Cross lights and forwards onto Blurton Road. We ran through Blurton and we turned right onto Beaconsfield Drive. We got back to Blurton around 14:00. We saw The Lambourne NC57 TXH parked by the pub.


The Lambourne NC57 TXH in Blurton
In the afternoon we chilled out and we started the Blog entry for today. Outside we saw white minibus KS08 ATE.


KS08 ATE in Blurton
Later on we went to uncle Dave's. We dropped something off near to home and we set off onto Beaconsfield Drive. We turned left onto Finstock Avenue and we turned right onto Ripon Road. We stopped at the flat to drop something off and we continued along Ripon Road. We turned right onto the A5035 and we ran into Trentham. We turned right onto New Inn Lane and we turned right onto Pacific Drive. We turned left onto Constance Avenue and we stopped to drop something off. We turned around and we turned right onto Pacific Drive. We turned right onto New Inn Lane and left onto Trentley Road and we ran to the end. We turned left onto Allerton Road and left onto the A34 and we caught up First Potteries 65041 on a #101 to Stafford. We turned right onto Whitmore Road and right onto Fairway. We dropped off something and we turned the car around. We ran down Whitmore Road and we turned left onto the Northbound A34. We ran up to Hanford roundabout and we joined the Northbound A500 and we ran up to Stoke where we saw First Potteries 32649 on a #25 to Keele. We ran up Wheildon Road and we stopped at uncle Dave's. We lit a fire and we set up a buffet. Matthew ate sausages and sausage rolls as well as a can of orange Fanta. He also are chocolate fingers and viscount biscuits. Matthew played computer games and afterwards we made fire cooked toast! We had music videos followed by a DJ set. Around 21:00 we said goodbye to uncle Dave and we set off onto Wheildon Road. We ran forwards onto Grove Road and we turned right onto Blurton Road. We crossed over the A50 and we ran back through Blurton. We turned right onto Church Road and right onto the A5035. We got back to Blurton around 21:15. Matthew chilled out and we finished off the Blog before bedtime around 23:00... Mark

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