Trip to Hanley / Longton 22-12-2020

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
67665	Fenton, Christchurch Street	Longton, Market Street	11	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. He was also retruning to Blurton for the first time since March and we were going to go out and have 1 bus ride to help to break up the day. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast for breakfast. before Matthew went to the day centre he watched buses out of the window. whilst waiting for the time to go to the day centre, we saw white minibus DK57 CCV going towards Longton. we went downstairs and we set off onto Temple Street. In the distance we saw Temple Street church minibus RX18 GZW. We carried on along Temple Street and we turned left onto Christchurch Street. We stopped at the Co-op and Matthew had a bottle of Coke. On the way back to the car we saw Temple Street church RX18 GZW parked up.

Temple Street church RX18 GZW in Fenton

We got in the car set off onto Temple Street. In the distance we saw Temple Street church minibus RX18 GZW. We carried on along Temple Street and we turned left onto Christchurch Street. We turned left onto City Road At the Afford garage we saw Afford rent-a-car HV70 RWU parked up. and we ran down the hill towards Stoke. We joined the A52 and we ran alongside the railway line. We passed near to the railway station and we turned right onto College Road. We ran to the top and we continued onto Cleveland Road. We turned right into The Parkway and we went into Hanley Park and parked in the car park. We walked to the pavillion and we brought a sausage bap and a bottle of Coke. Matthew ate his sausage bap a bottle of Coke. After we ate the food and we walked onto the canal. We headed Northwards up to Botteslow Street and afterwards we headed back to the pavaillion to use the toilet. We went back to the car and we set off onto The Parkway. We turned left onto Cleveland Road and we continued onto College Road. We ran down the hill and we turned left onto Station Road. We continued onto the A52 and we ran alongside the railway line before turning left onto City Road. We ran up the hill to Fenton and we turned right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto Temple Street andn we returned tom the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs and chilled out in his room for a short while. Whilst in his room we saw First Potteries 63112 on a #11 to Hanley.

First Potteries 63112 in Fenton

We went downstairs and we walked through onto City Road. We crossed over at the crossing and we headed to the stop outside the shops. We waited for a bus towards Longton. A few minutes later we saw a bus approaching. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 67665 on a #11 to Hanley. We got on the bus and we booked to Longton before sitting down towards the back of the bus. We set off up City Road and forwards onto King Street. We ran through Foley and under the railway line into Longton town centre. The bus stopped on Market Street and we got up and got off the bus. Once off the bus we crossed over the street and we headed up Transport Lane. We crossed over The Strand and we cut through the passage past Next and we headed towards Tesco. We used the cash machine and afterwards we headed into Tesco. We brought some Irn Bru and we went outside to book a taxi. The taxi appeared and it was an Autocabs taxi. We got in the taxi and we set off onto baths Road past the site of the new Costa Coffee. We turned right onto the Westbound A50 and we came off at Heron Cross. We turned right onto Blurton Road and we went through the lights onto Heron Street. We ran forwards onto Station Bridge Road and we turned left onto Christchurch Street. We stopped at the end near to Temple Street. We got out of the taxi and we walked onto Temple Street and back into the residential unit. Matthew went back upstairs to wait for mum and dad to appear. Mum and dad arrived just after 16:30 and they had the rapid covid test to make sure they were negative before they were able to take me to Blurton. After waiting for the test results we went down to the car and we set off onto Temple Street. We turned right onto Smithpool Road and left onto City Road. We ran down the hil into stoke and forwards onto the A52. We crossed over the A500 and nwe joined the Northbound side. We ran up to Etruria and we turned right on to the East bound A53. We ran uop through Cobridge and we passed E-zec patient transport YN15 FFD going the other way. We veered left onto Sandbach Road and we ran up the hill to Smalthorne. We ran forwards onto Ford Green Road and we stopped at a couple of locations in Smallthorne to pick something up. Once we had finished we headed towards KFC Fenton. Due to the roadworks in Joiners Square we avoided that part of Fenton. We set off onto Ford Green Road and we turned left onto the A5272. We continued onto Town Road and we joined the Clockwise ring road. We ran past the bus station and we turned left onto Lower Bethesda Street. We passed First Potteries 67151 on a #23 to Hanley. We turned right onto Cleveland Road and we ran forwards onto College Road. We turned left onto Station Road and we ran past the railway station. We ran forwards onto the A52 and we ran alkongside the railway line. We turned left onto City Road and we ran up the hill into Fenton. We ran up to Victoria Place and we turned right into KFC. We picked up some food and we set off onto City Road. We turned left onto Glebedale Road and we continued onto Station Bridge Road. We turned right onto Heron Street and we passed First Potteries 67154 on a #23 to Hanley. We ran through Heron Cross and forwards onto Blurton Road. We crossed over the A50 and we continued into Blurton. We turned right onto Church Road and right onto Beaconsfield Drive. We turned left onto Finstock Abvenue and we saw Z Carz YN11 AHJ & Eddie's Private Hire YJ61 GYZ parked up. We continued back to the house and we parked up. We went into the house and Matthew ate his chicken burger and fries washed down with a cup of Coke. We spent the rest of the evening setting up a Amazon Firestick, making a new spotift account and updating the blog. Matthew chilled out on his computer and went to bed around 00:30.