Trip to Hanley / Chell 09-03-2021

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
67158	Fenton, adj Travers Court	Hanley BS	23	First Potteries
63098	Hanley BS	Chell, Beswick Road	7	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 Shelton Care Group DY08 FFX. When it was time to go out we went downstairs and we cur through onto City Road and we walked down to the stop outside the flats. We waited for a bus to Hanley. Whilst we waited we saw Afford Rent-a-car WM70 CUW.

Afford Rent-a-car WM70 CUW in Fenton

A few minutes later we saw a bus come around the corner. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 67158 on a #23 to Hanley.

First Potteries 67158 in Fenton

We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off down 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 ans 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. We turned right onto John Street and we saw First Potteries 31782 on a #3A to Butt Lane. We entered the bus station and we got up and got off the bus. we saw First Potteries 63034 on #3 to Crewe. We waited for a bus to Chell. A short time later we saw it was First Potteries 63098 on a #7 to Kidsgrove. When it was time the bus set off out of the bus station. We went down John Street and onto Bethesda Street before we went across onto Marsh Street and then we turned right into Trinity Street. We turned left into Stafford Street and we continued forwards to Quadrant Road and we left Hanley along Town Road. We travelled through Sneyd Green and over Smallthorne roundabouts to Chell we got up and got off the bus. We set off on foot to the bus stop all the way onto A5272. As it was sun we decided to walk and we turned right the A527. We visited Wrights Pies and we brought a sausage roll, a can of Coke and a Manchester Tart. We continued up A527 and we turned left into the A5272. we turned left into Sprink Bank Road. We walked around Monks-Neil Park for a while. We walk northwards through the park and into the North West corner to the sensory play area. We sat down and Matthew ate his sausage roll washed down with a can of Coke and a Manchester Tart. We walked through the park past the site of new skate in the park. After spending a while there we walked back to Longton. When it arrived we saw it was an Intercity taxi. We got in the taxi and we set off out of the Monks-Neil Park. We turned right onto Sprink Bank Road and left onto the A5272. We ran back through and we headed through Sneyd Green. We turned right onto the A53 to Cobridge and we ran past the site of the new Wrights Pies shop. At the lights we turned left onto Waterloo Road. We ran down to the ring Road and then we ran around Hanley before going onto Lichfield Street. We ran down to Joiners Square and we continued onto Victoria Road and we ran up the hill. We got onto the A50 link road and then we ran Eastwards along the A50 to Longton and we joined the West bound high level A50. At the roundabout we turned right onto Baths Road and we went into Tesco car park where we saw red minibus VO20 VUV. We parked by the Transport Interchange and we saw D&G 113 on a #1A to Meir.

D&G 113 in Longton Interchange

We walked past the Intervhange and we saw E-zec patient transport SF16 EFR. We continued through onto Baths Road and we ran forwards onto Market Street and we went into Longton Local Centre. we walked onto King Street where we saw First Potteries 69155 on a #11 to Hanley.

First Potteries 69155 in Longton

We returned down King Street onto Baths Road and back to the Interchange. We waited for the next bus back to Fenton where we saw D&G 114 on a #1 to Silverdale.

D&G 114 in Longton

Once we walked onto Baths Road and mum was waiting for us in the car near to the old entrance to the Interchange where we saw First Potteries 63111 on a #22 to Newcastle. onto baths Road and we turned right onto the A50. We ran up to Heron Cross and we turned left onto Blurton Road. We turned right onto Church Road and right onto Beaconsfield Drive. By OSSMA we saw Z Carz LJ07 PXW. We got home around 15:06. We finished off the Blog and then we went back to the residential unit in the car. We set off through Blurton onto Finstock Avenue and we turned left onto Beaconsfield Drive. We turned left onto Church Road and left again onto Blurton Road. We went through the traffic lights onto Heron Street. We carried on forwards onto Station Bridge Road. and 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. Matthew chilled out on his computer and watched buses out of the window. For tea Matthew had bangers and mash followed by cake. Later on Matthew went out to the pub. He went downstairs onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Christchurch Street and we continued to the pub. Matthew went to the toilet and then had a glass of Coke. Once we had finished in the pub we walked back to the residential unit. We set off onto Christchurch Street and we turned left onto Temple Street. Matthew went upstairs to his room to chill out and use his computer. Matthew also watched television in his room and then had a bath. Later on Matthew had toast for supper before going to bed around 23:00... Mark.