Trip to Hanley / Newcastle 16-02-2021

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
67153	Fenton, Clifton Street	Hanley BS	23	First Potteries
65004	Hanley BS	Newcastle BS	101	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. He was also going out on the bus later on. 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 Christchurch Primary DU56 DNN. Later on we went downstairs and we set off onto Temple Street. In the distance we saw Temple Street church RX18 GZW. We walked onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Christchurch Street. We waited for the bus to appear and a few minutes later we saw a bus approaching. The bus appeared and it was First Potteries 67153 on a #23 to Hanley.

First Potteries 67153 in Blurton

We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before sitting down towards the back of the bus. We set off along Christchurch Street. We turned left onto City Road. and we joined the A52 to go under the railway line and over the A500. We continued onto Church Street and into the centre of Stoke. After a brief stop we continued around the one-way system onto Elenora Steet and right onto Copeland street. We turned left onto Glebe Street and we went under the railway line before turning left onto Station Road. We went past the railway station and we turned right onto College Road. After running the hill through Shelton we continued onto Cleveland Road and forwards onto Regent Road. We turned left onto Lower Bethesda Street and we crossed over the ring road onto Bethesda Street before we turned right onto John Street where we got up and got off the bus. Matthew went to the toilet. A few minutes later the bus appeared and it was First Potteries 65004 on a #101 to Stafford. We got on the bus bus and we booked to Newcastle before We sat down towards the back of the bus and the bus loaded quickly and departed almost immediately. We set off through the bus station where we saw dud First Potteries 32639 on a #25 to Keele. We set off out of the bus station and and onto John Street. We turned right onto Bethesda Street and left onto Broad Street. We ran down the hill and over the ring road onto Snow Hill Before we turned right onto Etruria Vale Road. We turned left onto Shelton New Road and past Regent College. We ran down through Etruria an up into Hartshill before joining the A52. We ran into Newcastle down George Street. We joined the one way system and we turned left on the roundabout onto Barracks Road. As we got to the bus station we saw Stanton's of Stoke BU54 SOS. Once off the bus we set off onto Hassell Street and we turned right onto High Street. We continued onto Liverpool Road and we crossed over The Ryecroft. We went into the Ryecroft centre and Matthew used the toilet. Once Matthew had been to the toilet we set off along The Rycroft. We turned right into Merrial Street and we cut through the shops onto Ironmarket. Matthew visited the pub and had burger and fries washed down with a glass of Coke. Once we had finished eating we set off onto Ironmarket and we turned left onto Castle Walk and we visited a phone shop. After we had finished we continued down castle Walk to the bus station where we saw D&G Bus 109 on a #9 to Biddulph. We waited for a taxi towards Silverdale. We got a Lucky Seven taxi to Silverdale. We set off onto Stubbs Street and we turned left onto Barracks Road. We turned left onto Ryecroft. We ran forward onto Knutton Lane. We went through Knutton. We turned left onto Church Lane. we turned right onto Silverdale Street. We turned left Mill Street. We ran into Silverdale. We continued onto High Street. We turned left onto Scot Hay Road. we turned right onto Kents Lane. and we ran to the main car park where we got out of the taxi. Once at the visitors centre we went for a walk. We walked around the country Park and we stopped a few times to have a rest. Matthew climbed up to the top of a few of the hills. when we had finished we called for a taxi back towards Blurton. we saw it was a Lucky Seven taxi. We got in the taxi and we set off along onto Kents Lane We turned left onto Scot Hay Road and we ran through the centre of Silverdale. We ran along the High Street and forwards onto Silverdale Road. We turned left onto the B5368 and we ran through Knutton. We ran past Morrison into Milehouse and we turned right onto the Southbound A34. We ran past the bus garage and we veered left onto London Road. We turned left onto Ryecroft. We joined the A52 and we ran around the one way system and headed towards Hartshill. We veered left onto Shelton New Road and we joined the Southbound A500. WE ran through Stoke and we came off the A500 at Sideway. We headed Eastwards towards Heron Cross and we turned right onto Blurton Road. and we veered right onto Church Street. We turned right onto Beaconsfield Drive we saw First Potteries 63113 on a #22 to Longton. We got back to Blurton. When we got home Matthew had a can of Cherry Coke and chilled out on his computer. we set off on foot to the walked the way over on Finstock Avenue. and we saw First Potteries 67158 on a #22 to Newcastle.

First Potteries 67158 in Blurton

We continued along Finstock Avenue and we saw ABC Taxis YO69 AYZ outside there yard.

ABC Taxis YO69 AYZ in Blurton

We turned right onto Ripon Road where we saw First Potteries 67153 on a #23 to Hanley.

First Potteries 67153 in Blurton

We turned right the A5035 and we walked past the stop and we were about to cross over the road when we saw silver minibus V5 WBS heading towards Longton. We walked back onto Magdalen Road. We walked around the corner. We got home. We called for taxi and we returned to Fenton in a Lucky Seven taxi. We set off along Beaconsfield Drive ad we turned left on Church Road. We turned left onto Blurton Road and we ran through Blurton. We crossed over the A50 and int heron Cross. We ran forwards onto Heron Street and we followed the road around onto Station Bridge Road. we turned left onto Christchurch Street. We turned left onto Masterson Street and we turned right onto Watkin Street. We continued onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. When we got there we saw Temple Street Church minibus RX18 GZW parked up nearby. We went upstairs Matthew went up to his room to use his computer and watch buses. Matthew had a can of Fanta orange. For tea Matthew had a pizza and chips followed by a pancake. 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.